1.   Among ordinary Russians, some were cynical that even successful surgery and a rebounded Yeltsin would relieve the burdens of life in this still unsettled nation.

2.   As a result, finding ways to relieve the burden has become a popular political pastime in Europe.

3.   Bush has agreed to consider any proposal to help relieve the burden on property taxpayers, just so long as the I-word is not in the equation.

4.   Clinton agreed to seek support from European nations for either debt forgiveness or restructuring to relieve the burden on Jordan.

5.   He claimed that those justices were overworked and needed the assistance of new judges to relieve the burden.

6.   He said the Clinton administration could take steps of its own to relieve the burden on nursing homes, without waiting for Congress to act.

7.   In this model, a company uses technology to shoulder many of the tasks involved in shopping and buying, relieving the burden on the customer.

8.   Items that the teacher can use would surely relieve that burden.

9.   One focal point of the meeting, officials said, was how to relieve the debt burden on poor nations.

10.   The report suggests that relieving the burden on the working poor through tax credits, more day care, health insurance and a reinvestment in public education.