Word: reliefer
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...lost, for I have gained a fresh insight into the reason why intelligent Catholics, fatigued from the task of having to think, experience relief on Sunday by letting an ecclesiastical hierarchy do the thinking. Even if such Catholics show signs of rebellion from authority, they prove their need of identity with the church by retaining their membership...
Some of Johnson's critics charged that he should have acted much sooner; many did not like the action that he finally took. But almost everyone felt a sense of relief that the President, who of late has tended to let decisions pile up a bit, had at least acted. Johnson moved after Chairman Wilbur Mills of the House Ways and Means Committee changed his mind about opposing any new tax measures this year and agreed to give vigorous support to the Administration bill. That bill cagily calls for inflation-dampening measures whose burden would fall primarily on business...
...dripping down his chest, the German fought on, stinging Cassius with solid lefts to the head. Try as he might, the champion could not put Mildenberger away; the referee stopped the fight in the twelfth and declared Cassius the winner by a technical knockout. Heaving a big sigh of relief, richer by $200,000, Champion Clay began preparing for yet another title defense, this time against Houston's Cleveland Williams-whom Sonny Liston once described as "the toughest man I ever fought...
...therefore with great relief that Canadians last week saw trains moving again after a seven-day strike. Trickling back to work were 119,000 members of 16 unions that had idled the big Canadian Pacific and Canadian National rail roads, as well as five smaller lines. Back also went employees of telegraph systems and essential ferry lines, which are under the striking unions' jurisdiction...
...million a year, and few politicians care to add to that cost. As a result, the next major piece of business before Parliament will be a bill, shelved two years ago after strong opposition, that cuts down on government subsidies and, at the same time, grants the railroads some relief from government control. Under this proposal, the railroads would be able to set their own rates in areas where they compete (the government would still set rates where one railroad has a monopoly). And they would be allowed to abandon unprofitable spur lines...