Word: reliefs
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...known, Ershad appealed for international aid, including food, medicine, water-purification tablets and 3 million tons of grain. "Pray for us," he told visitors. The U.S. pledged some $150 million, much of it in grain, and $60 million was offered by Japan, Britain, France, Canada, Turkey and others. Local relief agencies did what they could. In a northern section of Dhaka, a group of engineering students raised $50, found a boat and poled their way along the main streets distributing food and medicine...
...were cut, and even ferryboats stopped running, because their terminals were flooded. At one point, only a handful of helicopters connected the capital with the rest of the country. By week's end, as the floodwaters started to recede, the Dhaka airport was reopened to permit the arrival of relief supplies...
Still, the fuss over oats is unlikely to abate soon. One reason Americans find the grain prescription so attractive, says Researcher Anderson, is that it offers relief from the barrage of negative advice. "People get tired," he explains, "of being told what...
...became artistic director, and the newest addition to the Guthrie's repertory, is a four-hour, 41-actor production of Hamlet. In it, Wright depicts a crumbling monarchy in which no one is competent to rule, so that Fortinbras' climactic coup d'etat is no tragedy but a blessed relief. Wright invigoratingly moves the action from space to starkly different space within the castle, mostly by use of lighting and a movable back wall that is by turns opaque, reflective or transparent. The first act begins with an elaborate dinner party glimpsed from an antechamber; the second starts with...
...cracks in deck surfaces, the city temporarily closed the bridge. Result: bridgelock. As New Yorkers jammed other bridges and tunnels, the city's commuter rush expanded by half an hour every morning and evening. The Williamsburg was reopened in August after a quick $10 million patch up, but the relief is temporary. Starting next summer, the city will undertake a seven-year, $400 million project to rebuild the structure's decks, support beams, cables and access roads. Several of the bridge's eight traffic lanes will be closed for the duration...