Word: loosen
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...while, I'd relax a little more and probably miss a few notes. And it'd be worth it." Same with the vocals. Radhika and I dutifully read the lyrics passing before our eyes - until we realized, hey, these words are in our muscle memory. Then we could loosen up and have...
...cells derived from human embryos can grow into a wide range of organs and tissues; scientists believe they hold great promise in curing diseases, though critics believe embryo destruction is morally wrong. President Obama, who promised during his campaign to boost federal stem-cell research, directed the NIH to loosen former President George W. Bush's research restrictions in March...
...require commercial property to be assessed at market value. To relieve the logjam in California politics, momentum is growing for an open primary system, in which the two top vote getters in the primary, regardless of party, would face each other in the general election. Proponents believe it would loosen the grip of partisan ideologies and make it easier of moderates to win elections. In addition, a redistricting reform won narrow approval last November and proponents of good government keep trying to lengthen the state's term limits on legislators...
...that reason, Zardari's biggest takeaway from his trip may be the realization that he can't rely exclusively on a sympathetic White House to loosen the purse strings. Pakistan was once a country that most in the U.S. knew little about. But the more Americans learn about it, the less likely they are to think that all there is rosy. It will take more than TV footage for Zardari to convince Congress--and public opinion--that his country deserves the assistance he seeks...
...that point, pressure mounted from regulators, the Federal Reserve and Congress on the Financial Accounting Standards Board to loosen accounting rules so that the toxic assets' book value could be marked up to buttress the banks' balance sheets - conveniently raising the assets' potential sales price at the same time. And in late March, days before the meeting with the bank CEOs, Geithner and Obama unveiled the government subsidies for buyers, drawing big names like Blackstone and Pimco into the market to purchase the assets from the banks and resell them...