Word: relax
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...never done, he preached to the local flock last week, enjoining them to be inspired by the mountains "to establish a more respectful rapport with nature." In a line that the local tourist bureau may want to use, John Paul described the area as "the right place to relax...
Tonight, I decided to opt out of Happy Hour and come home to relax. Strangely enough, I found myself missing the conversation, and thinking that maybe the camaraderie isn't so superficial after all. Once you admit that summer in Washington is always three parts party and one part work, it's actually quite fun. Though you may sometimes feel you are wearing the Scarlet Letter, it begins to feel good to be recognized as an intern from 50 feet away. And though I don't think I'll become a regular at the Grille when I get back...
Okay, so what do I do? Do I just sit back, relax, let old age sneak up behind me and KAPOW!, I'm watching "Matlock?" Do I fight it by regression--dust off my old G.I. Joes and restart the never-ending combat with Cobra? Do I run to stay in place, or as John Cougar Mellencamp put it, "hold on to 16 as long...
...concrete cityscape outside the train window transforms into rolling green hills, the people, too, are transformed. The ties come off, the faces relax. People laugh...
...Somatron Recliner Cushion ($895) looks like a plush gymnastics mat; in fact, it's designed to increase circulation and relax tight muscles by vibrating in response to the sounds emanating from a stereo or TV set. It works, says inventor Byron Eakin, based in Tampa, Florida, because music is more likely than mechanical vibrations "to achieve the mind-body connection." Well, maybe. "For some people it could be a soothing anesthetic," acknowledges William Valusek of the American College of Chiropractic Orthopedists. "For others it would merely be irritating...