Queensland's exhausted emergency services will not welcome Owen's track towards the shore with any sense of respite; to them the blended ends of disaster seasons represent a horror scenario, but one many have seen coming.
It has drawn wealthy summer visitors and holiday vacationers since Edwardian times hawking nothing other than its own natural assets, which include the climate (reputedly the warmest in England), a glorious setting on Falmouth Bay, with palm trees no less, and a sense of easeful respite.
At the high end, the new hotels are competing to push luxury to new levels, — combining global style with Thai hospitality and tropical luxury — with private villas overlooking pristine beaches, pampering by attentive staff, deeply relaxing Thai massage, top quality international food and a sense of splendid respite from the woes of the world.
The dizzying displays of arboreal colours that trash the bland monochrome of summer bring us a feeling, however fleeting, that we are somehow closer to nature, as well as a sense of grateful respite from the soul-sucking awfulness of summertime.
But now there is a postelection respite, a sense of exhaustion — relieved or not — that gives us a pause to look at November for what it is.
But what Kierkegaard found in Copenhagen is still here: street bustle if you want it; when exiting the main thoroughfares, a sense of deep, meditative respite.
For Muslims all around the world, Ramadan--the month of fasting--brings a distinctive sense of togetherness, a respite from the busy day-to-day life, and a definite means of catharsis.
But a sense that Houllier has found respite from the maelstrom is swelling.
It is not only a park in the leafy retreat sense, but also a psychic respite from the increasingly tense political pressures of modern Russia.
Omni Bedford Springs is a respite in every sense.
The phrase "in this world," sung with a glowing sense of delight, offered a momentary respite from apprehension; lest we forget, life is sweet.
