Word: loosen
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...aunt, Mona Washbourne has only to loosen her hair and widen her eyes to be transformed from a bustling peas ant into a feeble dotard, nodding off after lunch. Glenda Jackson has specialized in self-absorbed eccentrics, but, as Stevie, she makes the familiar lilts and snappings sound new. Through the subtlest shadings of this fiercely independent soul, Jackson gradually recedes from the viewer's awareness, and the gentle Stevie takes over. The film's movement toward American release has been even more gradual; it was made in 1978. Now Stevie is here, not drowning but sailing with...
Proposals include changes in federal laws that would eliminate bail in some cases, allow the participation of the military in fighting crime, loosen restrictions on the use of income tax and bank records, and fold the Drug Enforcement Administration into the FBI. Furthermore, TIME has learned, plans are being made to resume the spraying of paraquat, a lethal herbicide, on marijuana fields-not only abroad, but in the U.S. as well...
...been involved in the drug war since 1974, when Congress restricted the agency's role in law enforcement after learning that President Nixon had used it to harass his political enemies. The Reagan Administration is now trying to loosen the Taxpayer Privacy Act, which some officials bitterly call "the Organized Crime Relief Act," to give law enforcement agents greater access to taxpayer records. The IRS is also assigning more investigators to ferret out tax evasion among major drug traffickers...
China is subject to a variety of U.S. laws that place restrictions on everything from arms to export credit. Haig planned to inform Peking that Washington is prepared to loosen the controls that now govern trade between the two nations, thus paving the way for the Chinese to buy such items as radar equipment, computers and transport aircraft. In addition, the Secretary of State wanted to discuss the possible sale of arms. Ever short of funds for modernization, the Chinese prefer technology transfers and licensing agreements that would allow them to build on their own such products as the General...
...ALWAYS escaped through pop music. Imported African slaves sang while working to alleviate the pain and make sport of their masters. Through the Wars and the Depression, jazz provided hope and release. In the '50s, rock-and-roll developed as a merger of black and white music and helped loosen old prejudices as well as restrictive morals. In the '60s, music became an outlet for political protest and drug experiences...