Word: relax
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Hedrick of the North Carolina agriculture department: "It's defensive advertising that's doing it. A medical authority says, for instance, that there is a high incidence of lung cancer among heavy smokers, and immediately the tobacco companies rush to the defense. Instead of saying that cigarettes relax you, comfort you and soothe the nerves, they deny that their brand will give you a disease . . . TV has made it much worse. They blow smoke in a test tube and all that sort of stuff. It looks as if they're putting tobacco in a chemical laboratory...
Besides running a small housing agency, the "Harvard Wives" finds employment for jobless wives, "You see, while the man's in college, the wife has to be the lead winner. It's soft of hard on her for a while but after be finishes his education she can relax...
...American sergeant who owned a red M-G exa'ctly like the one which Frederika herself drives through Athens, took to waving companionably when the two cars passed. He was crestfallen and suddenly stiff with formality when he learned that his friendly fellow motorist was the Queen. "Relax, sergeant," said Frederika amiably, "and let's get back to our old waving basis...
...there should be a little time in the evening to relax and look over the children's homework, Mrs. Nathan M. Pusey considers this a slack day. Since her arrival in Cambridge early in the fall each hour has been packed with obligations, either social or domestic. "At this point, our outside interest is people," Mrs. Pusey smiles...
With 12 little cards and 13 signatures, the men in University Hall might well relax, secure in the knowledge that they have their 10,000 sheep well within the fold. But, after a term, the old doubts creep back again and at spring registration each student is confronted with two more cards, just to make sure...