Word: relax
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...intriguing aspect is not the content but the form; each of these columns has every 30th word or so underlined, apparently at random. Taken together, the underlined words from March 23 read, "Reagan revolution states and cities government intervention 'new federalism' business tax cut painful decisions deregulation relax existing regulations top slots Internior Secretary James Watt John Shad bureaucratic trenches On Capitol Hill labor laws Unions will fight back Outlook constitutional amendment convention runaway convention ROTC The Vietnam War military careers Tuition costs purple stamp 20 cents giving and receiving ends military muscle Arab-Israeli conflict Deng Xiaoping a reshuffle...
Last Nov. 4, as the polling booths were opening in the U.S. and the sun was setting in Tehran, I had just finished reporting a story on terms set by the Majlis for the release of the American hostages. To relax, I went down to the basement of the Time-Life office in Tehran to play Ping-Pong with friends...
...best to seem collected, but inside I was a mass of shock and confusion. I tried to appear cool and then took the first opportunity to leave I needed time to think about this alone. As I sat on a bench and tried to relax, I began to think coherently: "This is an enormous thing; how could I not have known it?" "Why didn't he tell me before?" "How much does this affect his thoughts and actions?" "How does this mean he sees me?" "I find homosexuality repulsive; how can a close friend be homosexual?" "I know what gays...
When I get back there's this boohoo sprawled across my seat. He is recklessly drunk. I am scared. I am filled with loathing. I go to my seat and he gets my drift and moves over. "Relax, man," he says. I hate him, I am filled with loathing. I want to go home, where my room is warm and my sheets are clean. I hate the pressure of his leg against mine. I am filled with loathing. He is screaming in a Latin accent...
...working out the plan the college consulted aging teachers and other professionals all over the U.S. Says he: "This is what they're looking for. Our proposed Academy of Senior Professionals is an extraordinary opportunity for people in their senior years. They will have a chance not to relax in the sun and vegetate, but to be productive." Besides, he adds, "if developing the land strengthens the program for 1,500 undergraduates, that is better than the option of having no college...