Word: reliefs
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...scandal won't affect relations with NATO, but don't bet on that. Foreign Minister Hubert Vedrine insisted Wednesday that the actions of Pierre Bunel, a senior French officer arrested for passing NATO secrets to the Serbs, are "in no way linked to our policies." That's a relief, since Bunel is suspected of informing the Serbs of NATO's planned targets in Kosovo -- which would have put NATO pilots (including Frenchmen) at risk...
...offensive woes even prompted Lyons toswitch quarterbacks, giving freshman blue-chipperBrian Mann two series in relief of senior MikeCoffey. Neither was effective in the first half,as Coffey was 8-of-10 for just 59 yards and Mann0...
Nowinski played well in relief last year butwas clearly overshadowed by Harvard's incredibleall-senior line. Three of the four starters wereAll-Ivy First Team during their careers...
Health-care reform is overdue. Relief from pain, suffering and fear of death carries a price as a free-market product. But the real buyers are the government and health-insurance middlemen. American health care comprises an elaborate structure. Backstage, courageous nurses and ethical physicians keep things from falling apart. Reforming America's most powerful cartel requires enormous political courage. Wallowing with Kenneth Starr is safer. THOMAS A. MCGOFF Moscow...
Congress didn't provide much tax relief in the spending bill it passed last week, but it did a few small favors. Next year, for example, a million families that earn around $45,000 to $90,000 can take advantage of child and college-tuition credits without triggering the alternative minimum tax, the IRS's weapon against the superrich that has lately been striking more of the upper-middle class...