Word: reliefer
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...first, Mendy dissmisses his new friends as nothing but comic relief, caricatures who mean no harm. But slowly he begins to see that they take their extremist ideologies seriously. Amidst these loony people, Mendy finally does feel closer to God—though he now wears cool T-shirts and has cut off his side curls, Mendy’s prayers have acquired real meaning, and he utters them fervently when he thinks no one is looking...
...Asian] Americans,” Professor of Comparative Religion and Indian Studies Diana L. Eck writes in her 2001 book, A New Religious America. The interest in Buddhism in America is mostly fueled by interest in meditation, which many perceive as a trendy and reliable form of stress relief. The image of Buddhism in popular culture is also often linked to what converted-Buddhist Roxanna K. Myhrum ’05 calls the “whole Jack Kerouac form of Buddhism—tantric sex and driving around drinking.” Despite the much-bemoaned supposed lack...
...relief at midnight,” Morrison said. “He was always early...he was always pleasant, always had a smile on his face...
Instead, you thought he’d lead Harvard to victory, just as he did time and time again last season in relief of Neil Rose...
...soloists’ level—probably because they had to deal with choreography in addition to their playing. Hats off to conductor Alexander S. Misono ’04 for his willingness to engage in artistic experimentation, but I breathed a sigh of relief as the stage lights dimmed and the music faded out as shakily as it came...