Word: relax
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Artful equivocations are even worse; lynxeyed sly little rascals that we are, we see right through them. (Up to exam 40. Then our lynx eyes droop, and grading habits relax. Try to get on the bottom of the pile.) Again, it is not that AE's are vicious or ludicrous as such; but in quantity they become sheer madness. Or induce it. "The 20th century has never recovered from the effects of Marx and Freud" (V.G.); "but whether this is a good thing or a bad thing is difficult to say." (A.E.) Now one such might be droll enough...
After the settlement, Yale president Richard C.Levin said that Yale will go through otherchannels to attempt to relax some of therestrictions of the agreement...
...fullest. Yes, we have papers due during reading period. Yes, we do catch up on the reading that we have not done all semester. But few of us study every moment of every day during reading period. Many students stay home for part of reading period, or relax for the first few days. In addition, shortening reading period does not give anyone an unfair advantage. Each of us would have fewer days of study time, and would therefore be forced to study more efficiently...
...female acquaintance and forced her at knifepoint to withdraw $6,000 from the bank. He got 16 years for that, but thanks to California's rules mandating early release for good behavior, Davis served only half; emerging just in time, if his confession is to be believed, to relax at a bucolic, vine-decorated "transitional living" facility in San Mateo County before arriving in Polly Klaas' bedroom with his knife...
...toward Israel. Assad promised to assist investigations into the disappearance of Israeli soldiers in Lebanon during the 1980s, and offered exit permits to 1,200 Syrian Jews by the end of this month. The gestures did not go unnoticed. The very next day, the Administration said it would temporarily relax sanctions against Syria -- imposed for its alleged support of international terrorism -- to allow the transfer of several American-made aircraft from Kuwait...