Word: loosening
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...because so many Vietnamese are fence-sitters or fear the terror of Viet Minh agents. Partly it is a consequence of French failure, in the past and at present, to train enough natives to take over the government. Bao Dai seems to be counting on U.S. pressure to loosen up the French in this respect...
What locks the faults? There is astronomical evidence, says Dr. Benioff, that the earth's radius changes slightly, for an unknown reason. When its radius is smaller than normal, the faults may be locked tightly. When the earth swells up again, even a tiny bit, the faults may loosen enough to set off earthquakes...
Some 40 young men in thin woolen garments have been jogging, throwing, and leaping their way through freezing winds in Soldiers Field for the past few weeks in a last-minute attempt to loosen up cold muscles before the start of the season...
...lineup for the regular team right now is not finished business, by any means. What little practice time remains will loosen some swings and sharpen some eyes, but it will not guarantee any man a place on the squad...
...does he describe his present work? "I don't lean toward any 'ism," Price says. "To me my work is very realistic. [The important thing is to] get away from that tightening-up feeling. You've got to loosen up. You've got to feel all over, like pitching...