Word: reliefs
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...states need help, and the federal government means to provide it: A sum of $79 billion in state fiscal relief will be provided to prevent cutbacks to key services...
...bill really doesn't fit into what the Democrats [have] been talking about all along as timely, targeted and specific," Senator John Thune, a South Dakota Republican, lamented to another group of reporters around the corner, 20 minutes later. "It would take a significantly larger portion of tax relief to attract the support of a lot of Republicans...
...Washington Bailout Bonanza Despite criticism that the distribution of the first $350 billion from the Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP) lacked transparency, the Senate voted 52-42 to release the remaining bailout funds. The same day, House Democrats unveiled an even larger stimulus plan that would funnel money to local governments, fund infrastructure development and provide middle-class tax cuts. Britain, meanwhile, announced a bank-bailout plan as the European Commission predicted the loss of 3.5 million jobs in the European Union...
...Never did a prisoner, released from his chains, feel such relief as I shall on shaking off the shackles of power," declared Thomas Jefferson upon departing the presidency. At that point he could retreat to Monticello, read Plato in Greek, plan and plant his University of Virginia. "I have given up newspapers in exchange for Tacitus and Thucydides," he wrote to John Adams, "and I find myself much the happier...
...January exam period draws to a close, many students are breathing sighs of relief at finishing their last ever post-winter break finals. Next year, Harvard will convert to a bi-semester calendar system, which moves exams to before the break, and therefore allows for a longer January vacation. Rationally, this should make me happy—there are plenty of good reasons to make the shift, and I benefit from these changes as much as anyone else. But as I begin to plan my final intersession, I can’t help but feel a little nostalgic...