When the sudden buildup of stress is great enough to fracture these rocks, thereby relieving the stress between them, a series of smaller tremors are produced.
Berg's technique, though not the equal of his contemporary Michael Brecker, was good enough to avoid emphasising the idea that any of this was an effort (thereby relieving it of grandstanding effects).
One is now a bioswale: a giant sponge that takes in rainwater diverted from the street and lets it soak into a subterranean chamber, thereby relieving pressure on the sewer system.
It opens with a joke about the benefits of marrying and impregnating a terminally ill woman, the chief one being that she'll die soon after childbirth, thereby relieving her husband of his ball and chain.
Mr. Reed said he would be inclined to support the apartment proposal if the developer was also willing to renovate other buildings for office use, thereby relieving the town of some expense.
A more radical idea is to allow the fund to buy the debt of distressed governments, thereby relieving pressure on the European Central Bank, which has been active in the government bond market.
Radiation therapy can also be palliative if a cure is not possible; the size of the tumour can be reduced, thereby relieving pain or pressure on adjacent vital structures.
"I was asked on Aug. 30 to resign for reasons I still find difficult to fathom, unless the board's true intention is to drastically downsize the organization, shutting down outreach programs and firing staff, thereby relieving the directors of all but minimal fund-raising obligations," he wrote.
Moreover he said that his ruling should have immediate effect, thereby relieving the 26 states that had joined the lawsuit of their obligation to implement the law.Some of those states, including Wisconsin, have already indicated that they will stop work on the law.
Defeated in 1488, Francis was forced to sign the Treaty of Le Verger, in which he undertook to contract marriages for his daughters Anne and Isabelle only with the French king's permission, thereby relieving France of the danger that Brittany might fall to some foreign power.
This results in suppression of γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) release, thereby relieving the post-synaptic inhibition.
