Word: reliefs
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...symbolic dead horse. That's the curse of the artsy indie, I guess. The film does have its moments, however, where the jumps in time and costumes serve a unique purpose I don't want to spoil. But they are quite amusing and provide the sorely needed comic relief in this maudlin melodrama...
...world beyond. Don't believe me? Ask someone from the Catholic Students Association and you'll find out those who fast on Ash Wednesday--the first day of the Lenten period preceding Easter--have usually been able to donate the raw cost of their meals to international hunger relief programs. Jewish students on campus were able to do something similar when fasting during Yom Kippur...
...mile line across the country to raise money for the homeless). That kind of public outcry led to the passage of the first and only federal law to assist homeless Americans, the McKinney Act of 1987, which authorized millions of dollars in funding for housing and hunger relief. But today that spirit is gone. In 1987 the number of articles on homelessness that appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune and Los Angeles Times totaled 847; in 1996 those four dailies ran just 200 stories on the subject. As recently as 1991, 8% of Americans said homelessness...
MARTA DORION has spent her last Saturday at the office, and though she may feel a sense of relief, the rest of us are feeling somewhat forlorn. In her 38 years with Time Inc., the last four as chief of reporters for TIME, Dorion stayed late on Fridays, arrived early on Saturdays and could be counted on the rest of the week to dole out assignments, advice and M&M's. Her efficiency and omniscience lent order to an often chaotic office. "Marta was involved in every step we took each week, from the reporting to transmitting pages...
Jackson said she considered the fellowship "an absolute privilege and a complete relief," but she said she did not know if her department understood the award's significance...