Word: relax
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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After all the nuclear suspense, most viewers were happy to relax with a pair of agreeable surprises. On NBC's This is Your Life, General Mark Clark began with a soldierly aloofness to the drum-beating enthusiasm of Emcee Ralph Edwards. But as Edwards produced onstage a succession of relatives, Army privates, British comrades-at-arms and ex-West Pointers, the general choked up as humanly as any other mortal. Vividly attractive Mrs. Clark recalled that they had first met on a blind date and that "he was a complete bust." The general affectionately reminded...
...legally married to a duchesses' daughter who loves a drumboy, and so on. Elizabeth Kalkhurst, one of the maids, catches the lighthearted spirit of the operetta perfectly. She sings as usual, with a full, beautiful voice, but this is the first time I have seen her completely relax in her acting--and the result is most charming. Her sister is played by Linda Latter, whose singing is clear without being shrill, and who is perhaps best described as pert. Their gondolier lovers are Paul Sperry and James Greene; both sing with energy and clarity, combining amazingly well on the difficult...
Butler then invited M.P.s to "relax for a few minutes," while he turned to the masses of figures that are the heart of the budget. Many members did, nodding in their seats. But the moment the Stock Exchange closed at 4:30 p.m., the House came wide awake. Butler reached the question that had been tantalizing Britons for weeks: Would he reduce taxes...
Barnaby said that the team "was not as sharp as against Presbyterian, but then again it didn't have to be. Too frequently we win the first set and relax and lose the second, forcing the match into three sets," he added. "We need to keep the pressure on at all times...
After a light lunch-rare filet mignon, peas, fruit compote, tea-Shelley tried once more to sleep. This time, in an earnest effort to relax, she read a few chapters of her favorite book: Norman Vincent Peale's The Power of Positive Thinking (see RELIGION). Refreshed, Shelley sprinted to the 100-yd. title, and a short half-hour later she won the 400-yd. medley championship as well...