Word: reliefs
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Steiner still hasn't handed down his decision, but in the interim all kinds of fun things have been happening: if the plan died today, it still would've been worth the trouble in comic relief alone. Newspapers outside Harvard who have been desperate for college pranks and riots jumped on the story as an unmistakably hot property. The Globe caught on right away, and United Press International followed, claiming that sales had already begun at the Union "news-stand." Then the Times converted the UPI dispatch into a judiciously subdued couple of inches--all this within two days...
Still, no university administrator has spoken officially against contraception in the Union. It might be a relief if someone honestly repulsed by the idea vented his opposition while the whole mucky issue is unresolved. Religious hesitations and debates over sexual freedom aside, there remain reasonable grounds for objecting. HSA is supposed, after all, to be the mercantile servant of the University. It's not performing any huge service by opening up this new line of goods at the candy counter, given the ready availability of the same things nearby. And HSA is, let's be frank, introducing that subtle element...
Providing help up front will be senior center Tom Mustoe and sophomore forward Lou Silver. Mustoe has been handicapped during fall practice by a leg injury he suffered while riding a motorcycle, but is expected to give Lewis relief in the middle...
During his campaign, Hernández argued for the continuance of the commonwealth on the grounds that it not only provided relief from U.S. taxes but also served as a "great retaining wall" that protected the island's Spanish culture from U.S. influence and domination. Yet he did not hesitate to employ-as did Ferré-mainland political techniques during the campaign. Both candidates hired consultants from Washington and taped endless television and radio spots. Hernández traded in his baggy suits for more modish styles and submitted to the shears of San Juan's leading hair...
...playing football proved to be "a relief in many ways" to Champi. "I was in the cruz off an identify crisis. I had to be more concerned with the important problems of my identity than with football," he said...