Word: reliefs
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...novel with this much grievous personal history needs comic relief. Just obliges with Mrs. Pfister, fortune-teller to the Washington elite, whose sessions are bugged by government agents, and the "Venerables," a pair of aged columnists who "had been out of step with every administration since Eisenhower's." These geezers and other faded Washingtonians in Echo House are more than welcomed. Just is a sharp-eyed observer and acerbic commentator, but he is also a bighearted host to all the has-beens and will-bes gathered in this roomy and inviting novel...
...needs pain killers, it will not get addicted to them. During many visits to burn centers all over the world, I have seen no harm from administering morphine. What I have seen is patients who have suffered excruciating pain. It is a physician's duty to provide proper pain relief. Suspending the license of a doctor who prescribes morphine is an unethical act. MICHEL H.E. HERMANS, M.D. Newtown...
...Relief at last. For the first time, women in the U.S. can take a single-dose medication called Monurol for common but painful URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS. With other drugs, three to 10 days of treatment is required, so not all women complete the course...
With one win firmly secured, the Harvard hitters were able to take a collective sigh of relief knowing that the escaped a first game slump...
...that Axel, former OSS operative and friend of Presidents, has 'too many secrets, not enough mystery.' Ironically, what sets Echo House apart from the hyperrealities of the usual Washington novel is precisely its air of ineffability," notes Sheppard. "A novel with this much grievous personal history needs comic relief. Just obliges with Mrs. Pfister, fortune-teller to the Washington elite, whose sessions are bugged by government agents, and the 'Venerables,' a pair of aged columnists who 'had been out of step with every administration since Eisenhower's.' These geezers and other faded Washingtonians in 'Echo House' are more than welcomed...