Word: reliefs
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Iran is well rid of the Shah and his imperial trappings, but can it afford Khomeini [Feb. 12] with his illusions of an Islamic republic? Current relief and revelry over the dethroning of an imperial despot could easily turn into despair, frustration and bloodshed under a politically naive religious zealot...
Another voter in favor of leaving the river's name as it is, David P. Matthews of Lexington, agreed, but for a more pointed reason: "Charles Ι was the first political leader to suffer the ultimate consequence of failure to address the problem of tax relief. Newly elected leaders on Beacon Hill would do well to let the River Charles serve as a constant reminder...
...Leading the price parade was food, up at an 18.2% rate. Contends David Grove, a former IBM vice president who heads his own economic consulting firm: " To get inflation under control, everyone has to sacrifice. There has to be a willingness by the public to forgo tax relief, tolerate tighter money, and not put tremendous pressure on the Government to step up spending for pet programs." Adds Beryl Sprinkel, executive vice president of Chicago's Harris Bank: "The key question is, what happens when unemployment starts moving up to 7% or 7.5%? Will the Administration have the guts...
Harvard and Radcliffe students, staggered by annual tuition increases, received some welcome dollar signs of relief this week, when R. Jerrold Gibson '51, director of the office of fiscal services, announced that federal aid to students will jump approximately 94 per cent for the 1979-80 school year...
...exorcising, a personal anguish, he fails to balance pathos and humor as skillfully as he might have. In the second act, when the marriage begins to show signs of strain, an affair between Leo and Faye abruptly surfaces in an obvious attempt to give the play a little comic relief. This humorous interlude begins promisingly: Leo's attempts to calm the skittish Faye and disentangle her from a toga-style bed-sheet provide the most hysterical moments in Chapter Two. But this farcical scene turns solemn, too. Faye admits she doesn't really want to have an affair...