Word: relax
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Claire Chennault and his band of fighter pilots in the war-torn China of the 1940s. The realists may complain that Buffett paints a naively roseate picture of the Flying Tigers, ignoring accidents, enemy gunfire, lice-ridden facilties and other, equally factual aspects of the adventure. Shut up and relax, they must be told, for this album is a romantic interlude, not a History 1711 text...
...loan to South Africa in September 1980. Much to the Corporation's dismay, Harvard's commendable action received unexpectedly widespread press coverage and proved highly embarrassing to Citibank and the South African regime. Soon after, Citibank dispatched a representative to consult with the Corporation and lobby University officials to relax their present policy. The Corporation responded by applying pressure on the ACSR to approve the repeal of the 1978 concession, but the ACSR proved itself more than an ornamental rubber-stamp and voted down the proposal in May 1981. The ACSR majority concluded that the University had made a commitment...
...costs are balanced by the creation of a whole new pollution-control industry and by a reduction in the national medical bill for pollution-related illnesses. When the act was scheduled for re-examination by Congress last year, the Administration, acting on a Reagan campaign pledge, sought to relax clean air standards in the interests of spurring economic growth. Just as vehemently, environmentalists demanded increased vigilance on polluters. The result: a stalemate, with the old law remaining in force...
...including instruction, equipment and dinners of prime rib and smoked turkey, the ranch is half the price of similar downhill digs. But half price is only half the reason for the appeal. Ranch Operator Ken Jones says: "Most of our clientele are ex-downhillers. They're here to relax, unwind and get away from the throngs. Gliding through the trees without seeing or hearing anything is what's turning people...
...life-style that encourages worker loyalty and innovation. The company built a $1 million sports complex at its headquarters that is used by two-thirds of the staff members. They can stretch their muscles on Nautilus body-building equipment, take lessons in aerobic dancing and Kung Fu and then relax in a Jacuzzi or a tanning parlor...