Word: relax
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...petroleum concerns around the world. Today, with a net worth of some $250 million, he is reputedly Australia's wealthiest citizen. A reclusive investor, Holmes a Court prefers being at home with his wife Janet and four teenage children to hanging out at an executive watering hole. To relax, he plays chess against a computer. He owns an extensive collection of mostly Australian art and a stable of some 200 Thoroughbred racehorses...
...only Platoon veteran who thinks so. Charlie Sheen traded his M-16 for an M.B.A. to play an overeager stockbroker named Bud Fox. The actor found the white-collar trenches of Gotham "much worse. When you get this overloaded mentality, it's tough to find ways to relax yourself. It's tougher than being a grunt...
...death forced a halt in negotiations over constitutional reforms, as both Kim Young Sam and Kim Dae Jung, the other primary opposition leader, observed a four-day period of mourning. But the government continued to relax its authoritarian grip on South Korean life. Chun granted formal amnesty to 2,335 South Koreans, including Kim Dae Jung, who had been banned from politics. Another group of 357 people jailed for politically related offenses was released; among them was the Rev. Moon Ik Kwan, one of the country's most prominent dissidents before he was found guilty of sedition following student protests...
...adrenaline, your blood vessels constrict, your pressure ! rises, and you get headaches. You are still wound up three or four hours later." Karasu points out that nonadaptive behavior, or the inability to cope with freeway stress, could lead to heart attacks or strokes for some. He advises motorists to relax by thinking they are passengers in an airplane with a captain running things. "Listen to music, daydream, focus on things you normally don't find time to think about," says Karasu. "Above all else, accept that you are where you are, and there is nothing that you can do about...
...stark portrayal of sybaritic youth in suburban Los Angeles. Both writers' books are currently being made into major motion pictures. And both writers are slated to come out with new novels within the year. So did Ellis' plans to move to Gotham cause any uptightness between the two? Relax, man. "I got tired of people saying 'You must hate Bret Ellis,' " says McInerney, who decided to hold a party at Manhattan's Tunnel disco to welcome his friend to the city. "There's been no feud between Jay and me," confirms Ellis. "I'm actually a boring person. I work...