Word: reliefer
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...Today with the war on terrorism engaging us on every continent, with daily attacks on Americans in Baghdad and with international terrorists gathering in Iraq to make their stand - and test our resolve - we must husband our resources and sharpen our focus. Of course, we are prepared to give relief aid for humanitarian missions in places like Liberia. But is that a job for the U.S. military...
...soldiers in Iraq are tired. They need relief. That relief can come from newly trained Iraqi forces, who would be helped by international recognition of the provisional government working with us. Relief can come from other countries' troops, hence a U.N. resolution explicitly granting such authorization. And relief can come from rotating to Iraq U.S. soldiers on social-work duty elsewhere - hence the threat to withdraw from those commitments if the world will not help us otherwise...
After four years of an action-hero Governor, it's a relief to go back to politics as usual, where soft-spoken people with ordinary chest sizes sit down and do the work. Mr. Ventura was replaced by a cheerful, well-spoken, nonfamous Republican, and everyone felt a sense of relief. An action hero works well within a simple story structure, but politics isn't a story; it's a process. It's not about confrontation and threat and revenge and triumph. It's mostly about civility, starting with the driver's license bureau of the Commissariat of Motor Vehicles...
...tortured nation of Iraq sighed in relief when the notorious sons of Saddam Hussein were killed [WORLD, Aug. 4]. Eliminating these two thugs has allowed the U.S. to turn the tables on the critics of the war. Coalition forces now have the blessings of those who lost family members to the arrogant sons of the dislodged dictator. As the war continues against evil, ridding the world of the horrible and tyrannical claws of dictatorship will be counted as a remarkable deed. As far as the victimized people of Iraq are concerned, their score with the vicious sons of Saddam...
...region's brighter outlook is partly due to the fact that, after events in the first half of 2003, circumstances not outright painful were bound to seem like relief. The Iraq war and SARS devastated numerous Asian economies. In the second quarter, previously dynamic South Korea slipped into its first recession since the 1998 Asian crisis, while Singapore's GDP shrank by 4.2%?that country's worst quarterly performance on record...