Sentences with phrase «serve as a relief»

When the going got tough, Taylor served as a relief driver.

For the Chargers players, Peterman served as relief and fury.

A starting pitcher for all of his minor league career, he served as a relief pitcher for all of 2004 and 2005 before the Phillies attempted to convert him back to a starter in 2006.

Something really yummy (from your baby's perspective), may also serve as a relief and comfort for a while.

Aregbesola said the harmonisation of 2012 retires by theFederal Government through the Pension Transitional Arrangement will serve as a relief to states who were hitherto affected by the shortfall in the funds accruable to states.

But the 2015 Alfa Romeo 4C Spider and 2014 BMW M235i do serve as reliefs against which to judge one another.

A blanket or towel will serve as a comfortable place for your ferret to curl up and sleep while a litter pan placed in one corner will serve as a relief area.

This indeed serves as a relief for the existing owners and those who are planning to buy as the company is calling for the final stock clearance in order to launch OnePlus 5.

Served as relief charge nurse, facilitator for ED practice and education committees.

Not exact matches

«Our sense is that the political embarrassment of health care failing will serve as a driver for the GOP to redouble its efforts to enact tax relief in this Congress.»

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.

Prior to joining Sandler O'Neill Partners, Mr. Pendo served as the Chief Investment Officer for the Troubled Asset Relief Program («TARP») at the U.S. Department of the Treasury from November 2010 until March 2013.

Mitchum and Gary Morsch, co-founder of Heart to Heart International, knew obtaining the paperwork for Haitians to go into Puerto Rico and serve as medical humanitarian relief workers was going to be an unprecedented feat.

A charitable organization serves broad public purposes in educational, religious, scientific and artistic fields, among others, as well as the relief of poverty and other public benefit activities.

This should at least serve as a sigh of relief, as these organizations absolutely must take the proper precautions to keep their assets safe.

«Motivated in large part by their religious traditions of protecting the vulnerable and serving «the least of these,» as Jesus instructed his followers to do in the Gospel of Matthew,» writes Eric Marrapodi, «World Relief and other Christian agencies like the Salvation Army are stepping up efforts and working with law enforcement to stem the flow of human trafficking, which includes sex trafficking and labor trafficking.»

, he has served the Mennonite denomination in both mission administration and overseas relief, as well as at Goshen Biblical Seminary, where he was professor from 1965 to 1984 and President from 1970 to 1973.

As relief efforts make their way out from San Juan, local churches serve as a crucial connection point for spiritual and physical supporAs relief efforts make their way out from San Juan, local churches serve as a crucial connection point for spiritual and physical supporas a crucial connection point for spiritual and physical support.

At times Hagrid offers comic relief, but he also serves as the headmaster's right - hand man and as an empathic counterpoint to the more cerebral and emotionally distant characters on the Hogwarts faculty.

Today's blog comes from Stephan Bauman, who serves as the President of World Relief, which includes approximately 2,500 staff in 20 different countries focused on a mission of empowering local churches to serve the vulnerable, including more than 25 offices in the U.S. that resettle refugees.

Nine churches in the Houston area served as temporary shelters for the city until survivors could be moved safely to other venues, such as the downtown convention center where officials are coordinating relief efforts.

BP is also working on a relief well that will serve as a permanent solution...

Scott Arbeiter, a Milwaukee pastor and former chair of the World Relief board, will begin serving as World Relief's new president on August 15.

The company supports the communities it serves and gets involved with relief programs, as it did in the wake of natural disasters like the earthquake in Haiti and Hurricane Katrina, and recently for Superstorm Sandy.

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 plan's backers insist the resort would be accessible and affordable for locals, and would serve as an economic engine that would provide property - tax relief and maybe keep some young people from moving away.

Education serves as an important natural pain relief tool, because you are replacing fear of the unknown with information and excitement about your birth.

Employing this trifecta will serve as exceptional natural pain relief during labor.

, and serves as an important pain relief strategy for you.

Movement is key in facilitating this, and serves as an important pain relief strategy for you.

«As a member the Governor Cuomo's New York State Tax Relief Commission, I was honored to serve with former Governor George Pataki and former state Comptroller Carl McCall to create a plan that will make a real difference for businesses in our state.

Together, we crafted a plan that serves as a model for communities across New York and, with promised matching funds, can deliver additional tax relief.»

For failing to retract the offending statements and tender public apology within the stipulated period, Fayemi's counsel is asking the court for reliefs compelling the defendants to pay damages for the statements against him which had portrayed him as a «very corrupt public office holder and fraudulent person who siphoned public funds at the detriment of Ekiti citizens while serving as governor».

Implementing a speedy and effectual outreach post-disaster is a nontrivial challenge «due to potential infrastructural changes such as destruction of road systems that make some highways impassable, and damage to the facilities and / or warehouses that serve as storage for relief supplies.»

Dr. Argoff (who serves as a paid consultant to Pfizer) has seen improvement in his patients who take Lyrica, but also advises that treatment is a trial - and - error process and the drug may not bring relief to every patient.

Others experience relief from back pain and hip and knee pain with eliminating wheat, especially if weight loss from the abdomen develops, since this belly fat serves as a repository for inflammation; lose the wheat belly, inflammation subsides.

In one study at Rutgers University, a daily serving of this unique cranberry extract containing 2 mg of PACs worked as effectively to prevent bacterial adhesion as a daily 10 - ounce glass of cranberry juice, while providing relief that started in 6 hours or less.

For some migraine patients, including myself, the daith piercing has served as the much needed holistic method of relief as opposed to medication.

The rain serves as much welcome relief from the humidity so that is fine by me.

The Easter craziness is over which is a huge relief since my husband works in ministry as one of the Creative Directors at our church and I serve in our church's cafe.

It's obvious that in adapting the book, the focus was placed on telling a tale of unlikely friendship between two dreamers, with the disastrous production of The Room serving more as setting and comedic relief.

Sacha Baron Cohen, as the venal and larcenous Thénardiers, along with a blowsy Helena Bonham Carter serve as comic relief.

Of course, as a shared theatrical experience, some of the sillier moments (and there are several) actually serve a purpose, offering bits of comic relief — intended or otherwise — to offset the tension associated with skulking around in the shadows and flinging open doors.

«The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies» (2014) Box Office Take: $ 955m 21st Century Box Office Ranking: 23 When the «Lord of the Rings» series arrived at the start of the century, their tactility, wit and humanity served as a blessed relief for epic fantasy fans after the airless «Star Wars» prequels had disappointed so.

Two pale UKers serve as action - averted comic relief: Scottish nerd Leo Fitz (Iain De Caestecker) and brainy Brit Jemma Simmons (Elizabeth Henstridge), a duo who is neatly referred to as «Fitz - Simmons.»

In contrast to his scene - stealing performance in «Mud» — which primarily served as comic relief — this dark role comes as a shock, but proves what a capable young actor he is.

However, intercut are scenes where Nick's brother Joey and his companion Angie attempt to help prove Nick's innocence and serve as the comedic relief in a movie that did not need any humor at all.

Aunty serves as comic relief and the voice of the audience rooting on her niece.

They're accompanied by a pair of male and female dwarves (who serve as awful comic relief).

They would seem to be better in small doses, since they primarily existed in Despicable Me and its sequel to serve as easy comic relief.