Word: relax
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...home; he is likely to succumb to the heady influence of freedoms which are perfectly reasonable for the upperclassman. The University recognizes this fact by requiring him to do a certain amount of exercise, by taking attendance at classes, and in several other ways. But, while the University relaxes these stricter requirements when the freshman becomes a sophomore, it does not relax the parietal regulations appreciably...
After its first indignation at the discovery that Brooklyn cops had been taking a million dollars a year in bribes from bookies. New York City seemed to relax and enjoy the scandal. This was due, in part, to a certain reluctant civic pride in the proportions of the skulduggery. But mostly it reflected the city's undisguised delight in its new police commissioner. As he took office, burly, well-tailored Thomas Murphy (TIME, Oct. 2) gave New Yorkers the same deliriously doomlike sense of expectancy they had experienced when Babe Ruth strode to the plate in Yankee Stadium...
...Face, To Live With. There was one important modifying factor. Washington figured that 140 cities in the U.S. were potential targets. The others could relax...
...ammunition she had ever carried. As we put off, a 40-man U.S. Marine guard in knife-edge khaki stood at ramrod attention as the Juneau's band blared a salute. Then, as the sun slowly set into purple clouds and dark green mountains, the ship seemed to relax. A cool evening breeze played across her bow and she headed back for "The Little Slot...
When gallerygoers got tired of pomp & circumstance, they could relax with many a pleasant glimpse of U.S. manners, e.g., Edwin Elmer's A Lady of Baptist Corner...