• Weep hole: hole through a solid revetment, bulkhead or seawall for relieving water pressure.

    UNESCO: L O S S A R Y

  • Medications that relax the bladder can be effective for relieving symptoms of overactive bladder and reducing episodes of urge incontinence.

    CNN: Overactive bladder

  • Simply put, the airlines figured out that through packaging and marketing methods for relieving the stress of flying, they can boost their bottom line.

    FORBES: Airlines Look to Raise Revenue the Ryanair Way

  • Their paramedics, and theirs alone, can give you a shot of a life-saving heart drug, frusemide, and also the best drug available for relieving your pain, diamorphine.

    BBC

  • It points to a 300-patient trial published in the Lancet this year that found kyphoplasty was better than nonsurgical care for relieving spine fracture pain and improving function.

    FORBES: Effectiveness

  • Yet a 2001 European survey of 1, 000 workers conducted by the Italian Gestalt Institute also found that office flirting was good for relieving work anxiety, as well as stress.

    CNN: Sign here for office love

  • The Magic organization looks petty for relieving a coach who won two-thirds of his regular season games, and Mr. Howard looks similarly petty and diva-ish for failing to co-exist professionally with a proven coaching talent.

    FORBES: Will Stan Van Gundy's Dismissal Cause Dwight Howard and Team's Relevancy to Disappear from Magic Kingdom?

  • These data can then be used to improve a firm's service, for example by relieving people of the tedious business of having to fill in a home-loan application.

    ECONOMIST: Always-on people

  • Even for newer treatments without scientific backing, doctors are realising that in some cases (such as for arthritis and relieving the pain and stress of some cancer patients) drugs have only limited effectiveness, and that massage can often do more to make the patient feel better.

    ECONOMIST: Health

  • Thus the administration's real work lies ahead: coming up with a bigger and more comprehensive plan for recapitalising banks and relieving them of bad loans.

    ECONOMIST: The economy

  • Dr Kevin Spencer, the consultant biochemist at Harold Wood, who developed Oscar along with specialists from King's College Hospital, London, said the test was relieving anxieties for many pregnant women.

    BBC: Early warning over Down's risk

  • This summer Japan Airlines began installing NFC equipment at its major hubs in Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, and Okinawa, becoming the first airline globally to enable smart phones with NFC chips to act as boarding passes for passengers flying domestically, relieving travellers of the need to fumble with an airline app or the relevant email to find the barcode currently used on mobile boarding passes.

    BBC: Seven innovations in air travel

  • Relieving zoning restrictions does wonders for growth, which can then foster jobs, stabilize housing prices and combat sprawl.

    FORBES: Making Batteries, Subsidizing Sprawl

  • It's a small way of relieving the stress of waiting for news about her husband, Manuel Arturo Sanchez, one of six men trapped inside the Crandall Canyon Mine.

    CNN: Frustrated family of miner clings to 'one string of hope'

  • David Phelps struck out a career-high nine in four innings after relieving the injured Ivan Nova for New York and Chris Stewart threw out two baserunners as an emergency fill-in for Francisco Cervelli.

    WSJ: Sloppy Blue Jays fall again to Yankees

  • So I think it is pretty well documented through scientific studies that acupuncture, for example, can be very helpful in relieving certain things like migraines and other ailments -- or at least as effective as more intrusive interventions.

    WHITEHOUSE: Town Hall in Arnold, Missouri

  • He added the route was the "most effective in relieving congestion" and "provides the best value for money".

    BBC: Ely bypass: Council selects 'value for money' route

  • Unemployment will remain high for years, but it should begin moving down soon, relieving the fears of the still-employed that they will soon be added to the unemployment roles.

    FORBES: The Economy Glass Getting Half Full

  • But in less extreme cases, relieving workers of some of their tasks (wire-cutting for example), allows the domestic industry to expand and a bigger industry might find room for the displaced wire-cutters, at the same wage, albeit on different tasks.

    ECONOMIST: Does economics need a new theory of offshoring?

  • The MDR-XB800 and MDR-XB600 headphones are designed for long-term wearing comfort with soft head cushions and seamless pressure-relieving ear cushions, providing a supportive, wrap-around feel.

    ENGADGET: Sony ships new Extra Bass headphone lineup to the US, delivers that Direct Vibe to your brain

  • The first thing to hope for is thus that the election should produce a clean and clear winner, relieving Mexico of protracted dispute about the result.

    ECONOMIST: Mexico’s vote | The

  • In a provocative new study, scientists reported Wednesday that they were able to "see" pain on brain scans and, for the first time, measure its intensity and tell whether a drug was relieving it.

    WSJ: Doctors use brain scans to 'see' and measure pain

  • Because even the best-trained worker in the world can't compete if our businesses are saddled with rapidly increasing health care costs, we are fighting to do what we have discussed in this country for generations -- finally reforming our nation's broken health insurance system and relieving this unsustainable burden.

    WHITEHOUSE: Job Creation and Economic Growth

  • In an indictment of the lack of due process for taxpayers in U.S. Tax Court, the IRS recently issued Notice 2012-8 relieving requesting spouses from the severity of Tax Court cases decided under Rev.

    FORBES: IRS Lowers Bar for Innocent Spouse Relief

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