Word: lighten
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Athletes commonly work with teammates takingthe same classes to lighten each individualworkload. And they rely on assistance and advicefrom older teammates who've learned tricks togetting it all done...
Both Friend and Layzer say they have several ideas for the course's future. For example, they say they want to lighten the workload slightly...
...once in office, Clinton seemed not so much a friend of the working class as a captive of the economic and cultural elites. Most disastrously for the Democrats, he failed to understand that the most powerful expression of middle-class economic anxiety is an insistence that the government lighten the burden of taxation by shrinking itself and its role in the nation's life. "I was angry that every problem identified by Washington was considered a crisis and that the only answer they could come up with was to throw more money at it," said Bill Kovach, 39, a Chicago...
...that a children's entertainment will destroy real history have little faith in history. Disney's America is an amusement for kids who bring their parents along for the ride. The issue of urban sprawl is serious. The suggestion of cultural desecration is not. As the kids would say, "Lighten up, guys...
...nation trading status? That's just what Maher does on Politically Incorrect, his Comedy Central show that features the most eclectic political round tables on TV. Maher has mediated between Harvey Fierstein and ex-Mayor of Washington Marion Barry; brought Martin Short together with Jimmy Breslin; made Tom Hayden lighten up and Corbin Bernsen look smart. All without causing the viewer to feel like a sleaze for watching...