Word: reliefs
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...often been said, it takes very good acting to portray bad acting well. And unfortunately, the actors portraying the Mann family and their various persecutors aren't quite that good, so that the audience isn't sure how much of the bad acting is intentional. Indeed, it is a relief when the melodrama is dropped, and Eleanor opts for more sincere tones...
...cause of the disorder is unclear, but the drug created from the highly potent botulism toxin is the only medication that can give relief to most of the estimated 50,000 patients afflicted in the U.S., Townsend said...
...focus, compelling attention by breaking the illusions one expects in photography. Such works are so much more ambitious, intricate and convincing than the general run of Hockney's recent paintings -- banal pastiches of Picasso, mostly -- that one's pleasure in looking at them is tinged with relief...
...beefed-up force of 17,200 police and security officers maintained a siegelike vigil in Paris. Though most residents remained on edge, they were breathing easier. More than a week had gone by since the last terrorist bombing, and there was some relief as police arrested seven French militants and four Lebanese for questioning. But no one dared predict that the nightmare was over. Indeed, a C.S.P.P.A. communique warned that the "fire will spread" if its demands were not met. Abdallah, meanwhile, was transferred from Fleury- Merogis prison outside Paris to La Sante prison in the capital for added security...
...travel. NATCA claims that only about 62% of current controllers are fully qualified for all situations compared with about 80% of those employed before the strike. The FAA says 72% of the current controllers are fully qualified. NATCA also complains that many controllers regularly work six-day weeks without relief. Says Thornton: "They also put in too much time on a position without relief. Before the strike a controller typically worked a position two hours, then got either a break or a transfer to a less demanding job. Today controllers remain on a busy position up to five hours." NATCA...