Word: reliefs
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...innings of relief, the freshman Baxter surrendered just one hit and no runs, finishing the season with a phenomenal...
Listen before you leap. Senator Joseph Montoya provided comic relief during Watergate by dutifully reciting the questions his staff had prepared, even if other Senators had already asked them. Always remember to ear on the side of caution...
...Rifkin shows no signs of giving up. "We will battle every step of the way," he promised last week. "This protest is not going to go away." For Lindow, however, the long battle was over. Said he, when the tubers were finally in the ground: "It's quite a relief to finally see science progress...
...Federal Government will not shoulder the burden alone: INS has turned for help to such groups as the Presiding Bishop's Fund, the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union, World Relief and the U.S. Catholic Conference. More than 250 organizations have been approved; they are expected to advise and assist 2 million aliens at more than 500 sites around the country. In Brooklyn, N.Y., all 221 Catholic churches have been enlisted. The parishes are handing out kits containing instructions on legalization, an application form and sample letters to landlords, employers, utilities and schools that can be used to verify U.S. residence...
...Pacific, successful Republican campaign for Congress in 1946, Red hunting, Alger Hiss, the Senate in 1950 (after a bitter contest against "the pink lady," Helen Gahagan Douglas), Ike and the vice presidency in 1952. Ambrose's account of this progress throws a few details into intriguing relief. The young Nixon ("Gloomy Gus" to family and classmates) was regarded as emotionally pinched but unimpeachably honest. Old friends from Whittier could scarcely recognize the belligerent, deceptive figure who emerged during his first California campaigns...