Word: relax
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...adding another tally to its stretch of futility. Down by eight with 2:29 left to play, a familiar sense of despair wafted through Lavietes Pavilion. The cheerleaders fell silent, the fans began to collect their belongings, and the Princeton bench afforded itself an opportunity to sit back and relax. That’s when the Crimson struck. Head coach Tommy Amaker commanded his players to shift into a full press. The change was followed on the offensive end by a layup from captain and forward Brad Unger. “More than anything...
...said after the first varsity’s Sprints race. “After some great practices, this boat has come into its own. They trusted that they could do very well. We were down in fourth for about three-fourths of the race, but they were able to relax and focus and know they could do it and went for it in the end.”The second novice eight managed to bring home a gold medal with a four-second win over Navy, a testament to the depth of the Radcliffe program. Bronze medals were earned...
...neck of Miami. Each year Bing would tell us what kind of hurricane season to expect. The key to his method was May: if it was a hot dry one, we'd better break out the window shutters; if it was cool and rainy, he'd tell us to relax. And he was usually right, especially in 2004 and 2005, when Florida got pummeled by enough hurricanes to blow Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall off Key Largo forever...
...tests, subjects listening to the CD took no longer than 61/2 minutes to drift off. Of course it might take a little longer to do that in a concert hall. "The original idea was to put out beds for the audience so they could completely relax, but we couldn't find the right venue," says organizer Yutaka Nezu. But happily some seats will be available with pillows and blankets. Book them quick on tel: (81-3) 3498 9999. Lots of tired Tokyoites will be vying for them...
AMID AFTERSHOCKS, PARENTS PROTEST In the wake of the May 12 earthquake that killed at least 68,000 people--including an estimated 10,000 children--Beijing has announced that it will relax its strict one-child policy for parents left childless by the disaster. Grieving parents protested in the town of Mianzhu on May 25, as a local official pleaded with them to stop (above). The parents demanded that the government investigate why thousands of schools crumbled in the quake, amid claims that government corruption and shoddy construction left such "tofu dregs" buildings prone to collapse. Powerful aftershocks struck Sichuan...