Word: loosening
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...fact that Robert Montgomery has finally arrived to the point where he has really clever lines to say and not the trite mush that he has had to mutter in the last several movies that he has appeared in. It is true that he gets off one, "Loosen up, little girl" or "Relax. baby, relax" but that can be excused on the grounds that he has been so accustomed to saying those things in the past that he had to utter just one for his satisfaction...
...cure the malady, how to loosen the grip of the alumni on college policy and vest it again in the little company of scholars who are supposed to lead the undergraduate toward the light? On this point the Chief Justice makes no suggestions. But possibly the remedy lies in a reaction among the alumni themselves. We note, for instance, in "The Harvard Alumni Bulletin," a strong protest against a proposed enlargement of the Harvard Stadium to meet the demand for seats at her major athletic spectacles. This and the more or less widespread movement to get rid of the professional...
...main object of the practice yesterday was to let the players get the feel of the ball and to let them loosen up after the winter's lay-off. The linemen were divided up into several groups under W. A. Cleary '15, C. J. Hubbard '24, F. A. Pickard '29 and John Donovan. These worked on the fundamentals of line play, charging, coming out of the line and falling on the ball. Captain J. E. Barrett '30, J. N. Trainer '31 and J. Potter were the only 'H' linemen who were present yesterday. Some of the members of the forward...
...flay a man alive in the classic Oriental fashion begin by making two long parallel cuts 21/2 inches apart. Loosen one end of the strip of skin between the cuts, grasp firmly, and then tear off the strip. Repeat until the victim is completely skinned...
...Laxatives loosen the bowel contents and allow comfortable expulsion. Purgatives, especially cathartics, irritate the intestinal muscles to more or less violent peristalsis evacuating...