Sentences with phrase «as a relief after»

Unlike their previous two films, The Dictator is structured as a conventional scripted comedy rather than a mockumentary, which comes as a relief after Bruno suggested the format had run its course.

Hired by the ever - attentive Barney to write a thousand - word essay for Joan's announcement, Ernst's pal, literary man Nicolas Calas, saw the work's grounding in the material world as a relief after other avant - garde painters» suffocating insistence upon expressing their feelings.

For many residents of Toronto, this inquiry will come as a relief after years of feeling that there has been complete inaction or change.

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Its European creditors decided on Wednesday to suspend the implementation of short - term debt relief measures after the Greek government announced additional spending on pensions - an action that European partners deemed as «unilateral» and disrespecting the efforts agreed under the country's 86 billion euro ($ 89.75 billion) bailout program.

As the advisory notes, a common scam during and after natural disasters is for fraudsters to pretend to set up relief funds and request donations.

After Hurricane Maria savaged Puerto Rico, a man named Jesse Levin used what he'd learned as an entrepreneur and applied it to disaster relief.

Finance Minister Bill Morneau is usually so unflappable, his voice so unmodulated, his black brogues so unscuffed, that it almost came as a relief to hear him sounding more than just exasperated, maybe even a little hot under his well - ironed collar, answering reporters questions after an appearance today before the House finance committee.

Or perhaps it's as complicated as the enormous relief you felt when your parents reconciled after a trial separation.

Pyongyang looks at states such as Iraq — where Saddam Hussein was overthrown by the United States — and Libya — its late leader, Moammar Gadhafi, gave up his nuclear ambitions for sanctions relief and aid, only to be toppled and killed after the United States intervened in his country's civil unrest — and believes that only being able to threaten the US mainland with a retaliatory nuclear strike can stop American military intervention.

His biography contains elements of an epic novel: growing up the son of a jailed Trotskyist labor leader in whose Chicago home he met Rosa Luxembourg's and Karl Liebknecht's colleagues; serving as a young balance of payments analyst for David Rockefeller whose Chase Manhattan Bank was calculating how much interest the bank could extract on loans to South American countries; touring America on Vatican - sponsored economics lectures; turning after a riot at a UN Third World debt meeting in Mexico to the study of ancient debt cancellation practices through Harvard's Babylonian Archeology department; authoring many books about finance from Super Imperialism: The Economic Strategy of American Empire [1972] to J is For Junk Economics: A Guide to Reality in an Age of Deception [2017]; and lately, among many other ventures, commuting from his Queens home to lecture at Peking University in Beijing where he hopes to convince the Chinese to avoid the debt - fuelled economic model off which Western big bankers feast and apply lessons he and his colleagues have learned about the debt relief practices of the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia.

U.S. stocks surged Monday after a Federal Reserve official said the central bank shouldn't raise interest rates too soon, which came as a big relief to investors.

The S&P 500 has risen 6 percent in as many sessions as of Wednesday's open, in what many have termed a «relief rally» after a tough run for the market of late.

The Enrollment Program also authorizes a superior court to have jurisdiction over enrollees by allowing it to «appoint a receiver, monitor, conservator, or other designated fiduciary or officer of the court for a defendant or the defendant's assets,» as well as authorizes the Commissioner of Business Oversight to «include in civil actions claims for ancillary relief, including restitution and disgorgement, on behalf of a person injured, as well as attorney's fees and costs, and civil penalties of up to $ 25,000» for up to four years after the purported violation occurred and «refer evidence regarding violations of the bill's provisions to the Attorney General, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network of the United States Department of the Treasury, or the district attorney of the county in which the violation occurred, who would be authorized, with or without this type of a reference, to institute appropriate proceedings.»

President Donald Trump on Sunday strenuously defended US efforts to bring relief to storm - battered Puerto Rico, even as one island official said Trump was trying to gloss over «things that are not going well,» two weeks after devastating Hurricane Maria left much of the island without electricity, fresh water or sufficient food.

Right after Hurricane Irma, I flew down to St. Thomas as part of the advance team for All Hands Volunteers to help set up their disaster response relief effort.

A San Diego woman who said she was raped by the «Golden State Killer» as a young teen spoke out about the relief she felt after hearing a suspect was arrested in the decades - long hunt for the perpetrator.

It's not quite right to think of we Americans as questing after fugitive moments of happiness; really, we're questing after fleeting respites from happiness, too, just as we're oscillating constantly in our strivings for individuality on the one hand and a relief from individuality on the other.

«As a congregation, we help each other during the preparation time, pray together a lot more, and help on relief efforts after the event,» said Ríos, lead pastor of La Iglesia del Centro, a congregation of about 350 in Arecibo.

Thoughtful contemporary symphonic alternatives to most of the left - wing pablum that is programmed in our concert halls will come as a relief to those of us who day after day sit on stage and play the music, often gritting our teeth, as an unsuspecting public heaps praise on the latest piece of leftist socio - musical drivel.

This relief has included ministry to former enemies, as to Germany after both the First and Second World wars.

After re-injuring my knee I began taking this daily as I mentioned and about 5 days or so I started feeling relief and now to this day I have zero pain.

Fall fees like a relief after a long, hot, parched summer — at this time of year, the weather is still pretty gorgeous but we've had a bit of rain so everything is green again, just in time for the riot of fall colours as the leaves start to turn.

By emailing their head office, you can also encourage both Coles -LRB--RRB- and Woolworths to continue to take steps to eliminate other cruel practices — such as confining mother pigs in «farrowing crates» after their piglets are born, and surgical mutilations on young piglets and chicks without pain relief.

More recently, Operation BBQ Relief responded to the explosion and resulting devastation in West, Texas, as well as in Moore, Okla., after the deadly EF5 tornado destroyed the town and left thousands homeless — serving nearly 32,000 meals in just three days.

The Belgians were already under pressure and it would have grown by the minute as the second half wore on, so there was huge relief for them when Lukaku scored just three minutes after the restart.

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As Brendan Porath described it, Reed complained to a rules official that, after his approach to the par - 4 11th hole went horribly awry and landed under some TV cables, he should receive relief from the potential obstruction.

Albeit winning the domestic cup competition can not be as significant as winning the Premier League or the Champions League — two most coveted pieces of silverware for any top club — it would have given Wenger's wizards the relief of having finally won a trophy after so long, as well as the belief to continue in the same vein in the future.

Arsenal needed that goal after the way we had played and while it was well deserved it was met with as much relief as joy.

It could still be a tricky tie for Arsenal as the Owls did just knock Premier League Newcastle out, but after getting through the north London derby when we were on for three defeats in a row, everyone who follows Arsenal will be feeling a huge sense of relief and some renewed optimism for the weeks ahead.

The 27 - year - old Thompson (who will miss at least the first month as he recovers from shoulder surgery) will join free - agent pickups Kenny Rogers and Darren Oliver to give the club three quality lefthanded starters and bolster a rotation whose inability to pitch deep into games in»99 eventually took its toll on the relief corps (3.51 ERA before the All - Star break, 5.45 ERA after).

Then, just as it appeared that Kuchar might grab the upper hand after his playing partner lost a drive some 100 yards wide right of the fairway on the 13th hole, Spieth took an unplayable lie that required line - of - sight relief and — 20 minutes after teeing off — left him with a shot from the driving range.

Despite Palmer's recent struggles, the Cardinals appear to come out as winners of the latest quarterback carousel, though Oakland isn't far behind after acquiring Flynn and salary relief.

It was as much a relief for Arsenal fans as much as Arsene Wenger for the team to get back to winning ways after our defeat to Tottenham last week, especially as it came against our hated rival Jose Mourinho.

After what can only be described as an awful period for Arsenal, including crashing out of the cup to League 2 Bradford, it came as a huge relief to all Gunners to Arsenal return to winning ways against bottom of the table Reading.

Huddersfield breathed a huge sigh of relief after the weekend as they took a 2 - 0 home win over Brighton.

The striker's intervention here will also come as a relief to England hopeful Fraser Forster after the goalkeeper endured several shaky moments and was caught out of position for both Newcastle's goals.

A huge sigh of relief for all involved then as we finally get a win after 8 barren games.

«It was overwhelming, an amazing feeling but a relief as well after going a couple of goals down.

Tremendous relief spread over every part of my body, heart and mind, as I finally watched the team that adorns red and white, with a golden cannon on the chest, after a long mind - searing hiatus that spanned 21 days.

After the shock — or maybe relief — you might actually be able to have the first honest discussion about monogamy you've ever had as a couple.

While Reinl believes that the «ice age is over,» the article, to its credit, goes on to present the other side of the debate, quoting a number of athletic trainers, and an orthopedic surgeon, as still believing in the value of ice, especially in the period immediately after injury, in order to reduce acute - injury bleeding, relieve post-activity soreness, and for pain relief.

Gently apply a small amount of Boppy's Soothing Breast Balm to the nipple area after each feeding, or as needed, and quickly feel the relief.

So, after a 20 hour labour with pethidine and the stitch - up from hell (1 1/4 hours of stitching with a local anaesthetic that didn't work, and no epidural available because it was «out of hours» - women in that situation are not seen as a high priority for pain relief!)

Few things felt as amazing as the sweet, sweet relief of a gel pack in my nursing bra after those tough brand - new breastfeeding sessions.

I have even been a doula during scheduled cesareans, ensuring that the mother was not alone as the father went with the baby, helping them before their cesarean to know what their choices were for pain relief before and after, taking pictures, helping dad get to cut the cord, etc..

As «sweet relief» after all of their hard work, they can soothe themselves with a Sweet Pea scented spa set.

With New MAMA Bottom Spray, relief is only a spray away, mist as often as you need it, especially after bath or toilet use.

Unit cost estimation involved a combination of bottom - up and top - down costing methods and followed guidance on costing healthcare services as part of an economic evaluation.15 17 Detailed unit costs, derived from the finance departments of participating trusts and information provided by senior midwives, were estimated for resource inputs into the following components of intrapartum and after birth care for all settings: homebirth delivery packs; NHS reimbursement for midwifery travel; some forms of pain relief; alternative modes of delivery; active management of the third stage of labour; suturing for episiotomy; suturing third and fourth degree perineal tears; manual removal of the placenta; blood transfusions; and care after a stillbirth or neonatal death.

Examination of several activities designed to develop self - compassion, as well as support for findings that self - compassion in particular can provide relief from distress after trauma.