Word: relax
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Perhaps the court was saying that this is a ridiculous issue--that there is something wrong with a society that can't just relax about a creche surrounded by Santa Claus and reindeer. Why not find some good will in the symbols rather than governmental sponsorship of a religion? The majority opinion contends that "The display engenders a friendly community spirit of good will in keeping with the season." But good will at what price? As the dissent points out, Pawtucket may have a valid "secular reason" (good will and increased retail sales) for setting up the display...
Manhattan's Le Zinc restaurant, with its high ceiling and zinc-topped bar, is a popular spot for New Yorkers to relax with dinner and a drink after work. But last week the atmosphere be came less convivial for those pregnant women accustomed to their evening cocktail. On a mirrored wall behind the bar, amid an array of posted regulations, a new sign in stark black lettering went up. It read: "Warning: Drinking Alcoholic Beverages During Pregnancy Can Cause Birth Defects...
...Congress, the Treasury Secretary, once the chairman of Merrill Lynch, ridiculed Feldstein as an ivory-tower professor who has spent too much time in the library. Regan has often dismissed Feldstein's fears about the deficits. "I wish those economists would sit back and relax," he said on one occasion. "This will be one of the greatest recoveries in history...
...this point, Khomeini will come under public pressure to relax political measures and to raise economic conditions to peacetime standards. It should be close to impossible for him to meet these standards. And with troops returned from the front on hand near the capital, the time will be ripe for a military coup d'etat...
...Relax. Just press the play button, then settle back in the Barcalounger to watch the episode of Cheers that you missed last Thursday because of the lasagna dinner at your mother-in-law's. No more guilt or anxiety. No video SWAT team is going to swoop down on your living room, disconnect your VCR, and confiscate the collection of I Love Lucy videotapes that you've been recording for a rainy day. It's all legal...