Word: reliefs
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Another diver enters the pub with a glazed smile that might be exhaustion or maybe the relief of seeing someone else who knows what's down there. "This is my best friend," says Poirier, hugging Richard Lafreniere, 35. Ordinarily they train to repair battle-damaged ships and clear mines. There is no training for what they're doing...
Nobody wants to deny Spielberg his success. A scrappy kid who dropped out of film school, he's earned his reputation as a media mogul and magician. But it would be a relief to find him working with material that doesn't come with built-in compassion and grandeur, that instead explores the textures and ironies of everyday life. Saving Private Ryan, though emotionally staggering, leaves no room for discourse--which is why one can walk away feeling simultaneously weepy and cheated...
...whom rising stocks have covered a multitude of sins these past six years, tracked the Dow anxiously as he traveled to beleaguered Moscow. During a dinner with Russian President Boris Yeltsin, Clinton stopped economic adviser Gene Sperling in the receiving line to tell him, quietly but with palpable relief, that "the market's up" and flashed a thumbs-up sign...
...mutual-fund giant, last week rolled out a promotional and educational campaign starring Peter Lynch, its legendary fund manager. Lynch was troubled, he told TIME, that "in the first half of this year, the S&P 500 was up 15%, but [corporate] profits were down." He also expressed relief that the correction came now, rather than having the market drop to 7500 "after it's gone...
...Chicago Cubs hit his 61st and 62nd home runs of the season at home on Sunday to pass Roger Maris and pull into a tie with Mark McGwire for the most homers in a single baseball season. Sosa hit No. 62 in the ninth inning off Milwaukee Brewers relief pitcher Eric Plunk. (The Cubs won the game, 11-10, in 10 innings.) Both Sosa and McGwire have 12 games remaining this season...