Word: loosening
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Senator Taft's campaign managers. They think that his popularity will wane as soon as he speaks out on issues. To catalyze the process, they have conjured up twenty-one "Questions for Ike." They hope that these queries, placed on petitions above a long list of signatures, will loosen the General's tongue...
...That Russia loosen her grip on her satellites...
Andrea Mead Lawrence, who usually skis for fun, was not feeling particularly happy one morning last week. Up early, she found she didn't want any breakfast. Instead, she hiked to the ski slope and made a short run, halfway down the hill, to loosen her tense muscles. Then she caught the tow for a pull to the top of Norway's Olympic giant slalom course...
...touch of foreign accent fed that next line to beds as they became vacant. One nurse serviced every two beds and each was assisted by two nurses' aids. "Lie flat with your head toward this end," said the nurses' aid for my bed, motioning to the outside end. "Loosen your tie, open your collar," she went on, "the nurse will be with you in a minute...
...however, did an excellent job, and Aaron Johnson's clean, rich clarinet tone was outstanding. Russell Stanger, beginning his second season with the orchestra, conducted the work in the first two movements as if it were by Richard Strauss. Only in the last movement did conductor, orchestra, and soloists loosen up enough to capture some of the Mozartian good-humor that makes this piece a perennial favorite...