Word: relax
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Artful Equivocations are even worse; lynx-eyed 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 A.E's are vicious or ludicrous as such; but in quantity they become sheer madness. Or induce it. "The 20th century has never recovered form 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...
...somehow, Narcissus wasn't a meat market like Revere Beach or Axis--or, for that matter, Pamplona. You could relax at Narcissus...
...enters a room, she makes an immediate impact. She radiates health, and for good reason. She still rides, swims regularly and is an implacable hiker. The hikes occur at her country estate in Middleburg, Virginia, and at her spread in Sun Valley, Idaho. That's where she goes to relax (always accompanied by legions of houseguests...
...commons will be located underneath a new first-year dining hall, which will relocate from its present location at the Harvard Union to what is now Alumni Hall. It will provide a place for students to gather and relax between classes and sections, according to Philip J. Parsons, director of planning and senior development officer in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences...
Senators normally prize that kind of courtship, but by 10 p.m., Patrick Leahy had heard enough. The playful Vermont Democrat took the floor and suggested to Clinton, "Mr. President, you can't keep up this pace. The best advice I can give you is, Relax, take a day off once in a while, and get some sleep. It would be good for you, it would be good for the Vice President, and it would sure be good for your staff...