Word: reliefs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...over the years; but it long considered itself an encyclopedic "newspaper of record" for "thoughtful, pure-minded people," as Adolph Ochs defined his audience when he took over the paper back in 1896. Even a decade ago, you had to be uncompromisingly thoughtful to read the Times. The only relief in columns of soberly worded dispatches was a crossword puzzle or a chess problem, never a comic strip. Gossip was minimal, scandal sanitized-in keeping with the prim slogan, "All the news that's fit to print." The paper seemed edited for someone with a meticulous interest...
Pips can be heard crooning on the sound track. These interludes completely halt the action, but in view of what the action is, they are something of a relief. Christophjer Porterfield
...course, no new Administration can be expected to provide relief from the choking dust and cloudless skies. But Westerners are looking for at least some help from Washington in protecting their lands and livelihood. Said Ron Francis, director of the Denver-based American National Cattlemen's Association: "We are against Government support in general. We support the law of supply and demand, but we need price support and emergency livestock loans." In Douglas County, Wash., Rancher Gary Dalin swelled with pride because his 16-year-old daughter Heidi had just been named local Beef Princess. But in other respects...
...which had been tracking Rees for months, finally found him visiting friends in Villanueva, 45 miles southeast of Santa Fe. When the agents strolled in, Rees was armed with a .22 pistol and a hunting knife, but put up no fight. Indeed, he had an expression of relief on his face. Later Rees told reporters, "I have no regrets, except that I am here. I bought a bar and had a party...
Bonn, too, professed amazement and "regret"-even though officials could barely conceal their relief. Editorialized Hamburg's Bild Zeitung: "France lies weak, cowardly and humbled on its knees. The worst of it is, nobody knows whether any other European country, West Germany included, might not have done the same." Even pro-government French newspapers condemned Abu Daoud's release. "When acts so cruelly belie words, we are no longer in the political realm," said Le Figaro...