Satire is not some balm or some half-hour-long respite from a crazy, mixed-up world.
The longest respite coincided with a national election in Pakistan.
Terps coach Cathy Reese said the long break was a welcome respite for her team, which is seeking its first national title since 2010.
We left London, feeling exhilarated and rejuvenated, ready to take on the rest of the long April respite.
But in a country used to war, it is unclear how long the respite will last.
THE leafy, winding streets of the upscale Gaziosmanpasa district in the Turkish capital of Ankara have long provided respite from the crowded boulevards of the city center.
The owners, Brian R. Callahan, 43, and Adam J. Manson, 41, investors related by marriage, bought the resort in 2007, according to court documents, just as the sleepy hamlet, long a respite from nearby towns bustling with the rich and famous, began attracting new visitors.
The big questions now are: How long a respite has the Federal Reserve taken before starting to taper its program of monetary stimulus, and how much damage may have already been done to emerging economies over the past several months by market volatility and capital flight?
But given that the Palestinian problem is no nearer solution and that by creating a wilderness in Lebanon and calling it peace Israel has recruited thousands of new martyrs to the Hizbullah cause, military and diplomatic planners are going to have to ask themselves how long the respite will last.
But the recent price drop doesn't provide any long-term respite from the threat of food shortages or future price spikes.
