Word: relax
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Relax & Enjoy It. Hankow's Chang-chiang jih-pao reported on the gay life of the Suichuan District Party Committee in southwest Kiangsi province. By adopting the attitude, "Now that victory has been achieved, why shouldn't we enjoy ourselves a bit?" Party Secretary Chiao Erh-kung had "led a depraved personal life." Police Chief Lu Pin had "specialized in dinner parties for women guests," each time "spending the equivalent of the vegetable allowance of 70 members of his bureau." After squandering the bureau's entire budget (7,000 Ibs. of rice), Lu had embezzled party cash...
...jury deliberated for 23 hours, then sent word that it was hopelessly deadlocked: one member was standing steadfastly for acquittal. Frank Costello (who peeled off bills for passing panhandlers when he went to lunch) could relax until retrial of the case, some time in the spring...
...captive airmen for whom the U.S., a few hours before in Budapest, had paid a ransom of $120,000 (plus a C-47 aircraft still held by the Reds). The four flyers-Captain Dave Henderson, Captain John Swift, Tech. Sergeant Jess Duff and Sergeant Jim Elam-did not relax until they were well on the way to Vienna in the ambassador's Cadillac. When they heard over the car's radio an Armed Forces Radio broadcast of their release, followed by stateside basketball scores, they repeated again & again:"Thank God, we are Americans...
...half of the people living in the United States are affiliated with no Church or Religious Society . . . Enrich yourself spiritually with the glorious and immortal teachings of the God-man Jesus Christ as those teachings have come through the centuries straight as an arrow to you. Sit back and relax and study the teachings of the Saviour in the quiet and privacy of your home. How? By enrolling today in the free Correspondence Course on the Catholic Religion. No obligation of any kind . . . Your only expense in this interesting and God-given Course is the three-cent stamp on your...
...folks saw what a wonderful meal we had tonight. This is just a sample of what you'll get with regular use of our equipment. Now I'm not going to quote you any prices tonight. I just want you to relax and let me talk about our wonderful line...