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Word: loosen (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...There are many of us who look forward to a merger because of the way Radcliffe might loosen up Harvard. It is important for Radcliffe to decided what it would be unwilling to give up," South House panel member James E. Thomas, senior advisor to Harvard freshmen, said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Jr. Parents Discuss 'Cliffe Identity | 3/17/1969 | See Source »

...another, the injury is permanent. Even the most expertly reconstructed knee will loosen in time. And with age, arthritis is likely. The obvious answer is to avoid such injuries in the first place. Protective knee braces are available, but they dramatically restrict a player's mobility. Replacing stadium turf with artificial grass in which cleats are less likely to catch also promises help. So do shorter cleats. Some doctors insist that the knees of all youngsters who turn out for football in high school should be examined so that the weak and injury-prone can be weeded...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Weak in the Knees | 11/29/1968 | See Source »

...stop in that situation. There are one or two potential problems with the set-up: first, unless Hardy and Johnson crash the boards successfully, offensive rebounds will be scarce. Second, none of the three starting outside men has the kind of shooting touch which can break open games and loosen up enemy defenses...

Author: By Richard D. Paisner, | Title: New Hardcourt Coach Bob Harrison Building a Racehorse-Quick Squad | 11/27/1968 | See Source »

...REPEAT, DO NOT LOOSEN YOUR TIE. DEVIATION CAN SPRING UP ANYWHERE. BE ON THE ALERT. REMEMBER, ONLY YOU CAN PREVENT NON-CONFORMITY! No Sir, I didn't mean conservative like that, like mod-men and ad-men: I mean political...

Author: By Jeffrey C. Alexander, | Title: So You Want To Make The Company Team, Son? | 10/25/1968 | See Source »

Kremlin Dictation. As unlikely as it seemed, Kosygin may actually have sought to reassure the scrupulously neutral Finns. But in the long run, the only way that Russia can allay the worries of the Finns, or of anyone else, is to loosen its grip on Czechoslovakia. Unfortunately, the Soviets are in the process of tightening it. Last week, after First Party Secretary Alexander Dubček and two fellow leaders returned from another session in the Kremlin, there were disturbing reports from Prague. "This time the Kremlin leaders did not even bother to debate any point," said a shaken Czechoslovak...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: A DOCTRINE FOR DOMINATION | 10/18/1968 | See Source »

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