21.   For downtown residents Monday, the sight of people walking the streets again was a welcome relief.

22.   For Jordan it is a welcome relief from the family life he has known, an opportunity to heal the history of neglect and abuse.

23.   For many at the Hebrew Home, romance is a welcome relief from the unbroken landscape of aches and pains and dwindling days.

24.   For some Heart Study participants, like Lander, the demise of Framingham Genomic is a welcome relief.

25.   For some, the trip to the casino in Washington state is a welcome relief from the sheer boredom of immigrant life.

26.   For them, he was a welcome relief from his father, former President George H.W. Bush, and former Sen. Bob Dole of Kansas.

27.   For the Dole campaign, the flurry of speculation about Kemp was welcome relief from several days of unfavorable media coverage of platform fights over abortion.

28.   For the frequent flyers on the PGA Tour, a week spent competing at home is a welcome relief.

29.   Given the excitement of the game, though, the conclusion of the two-part commercial was more an annoying distraction than a welcome relief.

30.   Her work is a welcome relief from books fearful that finding sex differences will lead to sex bias.