Word: loosening
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...down-home brewery where seven drafts, including the tasty Lauren Pils, are complemented by a menu of regional culinary specialities. Six glasses of beer and a plate of wurst later, and the only gürtel you'll be thinking about is your own: loosen it a few notches, and toast the new Vienna...
...from the abstract nouns beloved of French intellectuals, and makes a very public point of listening instead to voters' concerns, often sent to her heavily-frequented website called, in sturdily nonideological fashion, Desires for the Future. Cavalierly breaching party doctrine, she advocates a tougher line on delinquents, wants to loosen widely circumvented rules requiring students to attend schools in their neighborhoods, and has even criticized the 35-hour workweek. "She is popular because she's a woman who has a nondoctrinaire stance toward politics," says Stéphane Rozès, director of the polling firm CSA-Opinions. "People...
...that included a lengthy article in the official mouthpiece, Granma, highlighting his warm and fuzzy side as a family man and grandfather. But that may not do the trick. To forge a viable connection with Cuba's 11 million beleaguered people, many analysts believe Raul will also have to loosen their leashes more than Fidel ever allowed...
...Europe or Singapore, where the government has made biotechnology a national priority. Some states have tried to fill the gap--California voted for a $3 billion bond initiative to fund stem-cell research. Advocates from Nancy Reagan to Michael J. Fox have pushed Congress to unleash more money and loosen the rules. Many Republicans as well as Democrats have been receptive, knowing that even socially conservative suburban voters tend to support the promise of research that they think might cure their parents' Alzheimer's or their children's diabetes. It fell to Senate majority leader Bill Frist, once a Bush...
...promoters have realized that once-a-year mega-events have financial and logistical advantages. Multi-day music fests not only allow bands to reach more people in less time for more money, but the scale of such events encourages organizers to turn venues into kaleidoscopic theme parks designed to loosen the wallet and tickle the senses. At Bonnaroo this weekend, hundreds of revelers wearing wireless earphones could boogie to a broadcasting DJ at the "Silent Disco," a tribal hoedown that was equal parts dance party and conceptual performance piece...