Word: relax
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...barrack walls. So isolated is their base - the Taliban control part of the road between Zeebrugge and battlegroup headquarters -that they depend on helicopter drops for everything from food to entertainment. And when the helicopters don't come, they have to make do with whatever they have. Today they relax, bare-chested, in shorts. They wander around in plastic sandals and listen to the Police and the Eagles. "Hotel California," with its iconic line, "you can check out any time you like, but you can never leave," has special meaning for the men waiting...
...doing really well,” Coxswain Sarah Devine said. “After some great practices, this boat has come into its own. They trusted that they could do very well. We were down in 4th for about ¾ of the race, but they were able to relax and focus and know they could do it and went...
Nowhere is the lack of enthusiasm during this transition period more evident than in the all-but-abandoned administration of the Core curriculum. Although administrators followed through on their pledge to relax criteria and streamline the process by which departmental courses are eligible for Core credit, efforts to encourage faculty to apply for Core credit are half-hearted at best. In spite of the fact that courses no longer need give final exams, can now be offered by visiting professors, and that even seminars are eligible, the Core Standing Committee received no more proposals this year than last. In each...
...course. Technical problems at the start line also slowed things down. Princeton’s stake boat had trouble aligning the boats before the race and was forced to call a delay. “It could have been very stressful, but our boat was able to stay focused, relax, and they didn’t let that bother them,” Woodbin-Maynard said. “They got to practice a little bit. Princeton just sat there. They didn’t practice or move around.” Next week Radcliffe will return home to race...
...these conventions, the movie is smart, funny and beguiling. Hitting familiar buttons isn?t a sin if the exercise is carried off expertly, as it is here. And the two stars, deprived of the opportunity for girlish giggling they took undue advantage of as SNL?s Weekend Update anchors, relax into their characters, give them a dimension precisely as real as this kind of movie requires...