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Word: relax (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Laborites, cock-a-hoop with the victory, had won with 1) a more attractive candidate (capable Barrister Niall MacDermot), 2) a solid, close-to-the-pocketbook issue in a proposed Tory bill to relax rent controls, 3) a much better political machine. The Tories were inclined to blame most of their troubles on a third candidate, a Junoesque, right-wing independent named Leslie Greene, 31, who campaigned on "I have no faith in the U.S." She siphoned off 1,487 votes, the majority of them presumably from the Tories. But Candidate Greene was not the whole explanation; since the last...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: First Test | 2/25/1957 | See Source »

...many curves as a Stradivarius. On the right wall hangs a cluster of boxes, below a buttonhook-shaped balcony that begins at orchestra level, becomes a raised balcony on the back wall. Says Co-Architect Adolf Abel: "The layout not only makes more sense acoustically but it helps to relax the audience...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Halls of Music | 2/25/1957 | See Source »

...where one can daily bask in the results of his efforts. The CRIMSON offers challenge enough to produce people like James Bryant Conant '14 and Franklin D. Roosevelt '04, both presidents of the CRIMSON who went on to become presidents of other worthwhile organizations. But one can also relax in the democratic excellence of the many social functions...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CRIMSON Still Has Openings in News, Business | 2/23/1957 | See Source »

...Haven't you got any fun-loving spirit about you? Now, relax...

Author: By David Royce, | Title: Baby Doll | 2/20/1957 | See Source »

...number of upperclassmen. Among the upperclassmen, mirable dictu, there are many athletes. The committee works in close co-operation with the Admission and Scholarship offices here, and, from a list of 250 prospective Freshmen, selects some 20 to interview. Of these, about6Two older members of the Club relax in the first floor reading room...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Harvard Club of Boston | 2/20/1957 | See Source »

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