Word: reliefs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...relief sewer system will hook up with the sewage drainage pipes of private firms on the Charles that have used the river as a dumping ground in the past, Owen said...
...offering one course this year, Evon Z. Vogt's "Ancient Metalsmiths." Vogt, master of Kirkland House, said yesterday, "It's always something of a struggle to meet the requirements of the Committee on General Education, since House tutors can't do it and senior faculty members can't get relief" from departmental duties...
...already playing the part of a college student named Zelda, Dobie Gillis's persistent but successful suitor. Kuehl, now 35, entered Harvard Law in September, after holding an associate dean's position at UCLA since 1971. A professional of one sort or another since childhood, Kuehl finds school a relief compared to working...
...instead of chagrin, a sense of relief seems to prevail among many Southerners on Capitol Hill. Says South Carolina's Democratic Senator Ernest ("Fritz") Rollings: "When I first came up here, they had all of us Southerners meeting around [Georgia's Senator] Dick Russell. Later on we met for a while around [Louisiana's] Allen Ellender and decided what to do about a busing amendment. Those days are gone. We don't see our interest now as being any different from any other section of the country." Adds Florida's Senator Chiles: "A lot of new Southern political talent...
...contemporary American movies have taken. Despite the functional presence of actors, the cars are the true heroes. Romantic interludes are represented by automobiles pulling up alongside each other at midnight on a long stretch of highway. Car crashes must do double duty: they serve as both spectacle and comic relief. This film, as mechanical as a lube job, gives the distinct impression that it could have done without characters completely. A good thing that people are still required to get cars started and keep them on the road. Otherwise, Rolls-Royce and Ferrari would have been battling for billing above...