11.   A big summer hit or two could provide welcome financial relief, while an expensive loser could be particularly painful.

12.   After all that running around, those rocking chairs and claw-footed tubs offer welcome relief.

13.   Air conditioning front and rear was a welcome relief after sweating and heaving furniture down a wooden stairway.

14.   After years of erratic pop success, the novel offered a welcome relief from worry about making the charts.

15.   Clinton also embraced the opportunity for ceremonial statesmanship, a welcome relief for him from troubles at home.

16.   Chapman and Garrett inhabit their parts with quiet assurance and gravity and they hold our attention by offering welcome relief from the rest of the insanity.

17.   Even a minor step forward is a welcome relief in a region shadowed by the danger of nuclear conflict.

18.   Even that small step will be welcome relief.

19.   Everywhere he was met with warmth and acceptance, a welcome relief after a tense summit meeting in Moscow and months of personal and political troubles at home.

20.   Farther south, in Jamaica, the storm came as a welcome relief for an island starved of rain.