Word: relax
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...historic visit. "When one colleague meets another, they often just yell out their name," it advises. "It is not necessary to shake hands -- usually they just smile and say 'Hey,' 'Eh,' or 'Hi.'" (It seems a little Canadian slipped in there.) While the President might be tempted to relax his dress code on the advice that "whether in town or in the country, most Americans wear whatever clothes they want," he may feel a little pressured by the observation that "Southerners and Midwesterners are neater than people from the East and West coasts...
...Relax, it won't happen. But if you're not careful, something worse might...
...first priorities, MacFarquhar said, is to maintain the department's stature. "The department is reckoned to be the best department in the country. The chair's prime aim is to keep it there. We can't just relax on the laurels U.S. News [and World Report] or whoever throws...
...impression...that science fiction is an escape mechanism for them and it allows them to shed all their inhibitions," O'Neal said. "They are able to relax and enjoy themselves in a way that is not traditional...
Unfortunately, Springfest is like the Black Knight from The Holy Grail: it refuses to die even though it has no way to support itself. The administration has proved that it will never allocate enough money to buy big-name bands and that it will never relax its alcohol policies enough to allow for a true college-style "fest." And the council seems more preoccupied with fighting the administration over frozen yogurt at Annenberg than with lobbying for better Springfest entertainment...