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Word: relax (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Cats intrigue and exasperate us [Dec. 7] because they respond to life as if they were in control of their existences. They relax, eat, sleep, copulate and play only when they are moved, enjoying themselves with no guilt. I think we envy them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 28, 1981 | 12/28/1981 | See Source »

...flesh peeling off and the red and white blobby pulp beneath. Hot stuff! Then the Shape drills a cute little blonde nurse in the back with a scalpel, picking her up and holding her aloft as she wriggles on the end until the last, sad sigh when her feet relax and shoes pop off, and the audience laughs blissfully as her body crumples on top of them. Then there's the conscientious, independent nurse who gets a needle gently inserted into her eye. I'm tired of chicken-shit directors discreetly cutting away from stuff like this: but Rick Rosenthal...

Author: By David B. Edelstern, | Title: More Merriment | 11/25/1981 | See Source »

...happen when the recession ends. The President's belief is that the second stage of the Reagan tax cuts, taking effect next July 1, will spur savings, investment and productivity. That will both lift the economy and keep inflationary pressures down. The Federal Reserve will be able to relax a bit on the money supply, and interest rates will drop...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ready for a Real Downer | 11/23/1981 | See Source »

...atmosphere undoubtedly stems from the warm weather. Who would dare to frown at someone in gym shorts and a t-shirt carrying a frisbee or a tennis racket? But, beyond the sunny climates lies the omnipresent outlook, epitomized by the catch words "Southern Hospitality," which makes it easy to relax and feel right at home...

Author: By William A. Danoff, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: In Tar Heel Country | 11/20/1981 | See Source »

...mainstage--its enormity. Miller has filled the disproportionate space with arches and arbors and many-tiered platforms. Playing on and around their stuccoed surfaces, the actors, for a welcome change, look at home. Instead of worrying that their gestures are dissipating in the vast emptiness, they just relax and lean on the piano...

Author: By --amy E. Schwartz, | Title: Shakespeare In Wonderland | 11/20/1981 | See Source »

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