Word: relaxer
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Spray round the world alone from 1895 to 1898. The solitary skipper of a spanking new sloop called the Oxy will find his life at sea far easier than Slocum's when he sails in a singlehanded race across the Atlantic next year. If he wants to relax and leave the helm, all he will have to do is flip a switch on an electronic self-steering device; day or night, an array of dials on an instrument panel will tell if he is getting the best performance out of his boat. Small, hand-held computers will zip through...
...Belle Reve of training camps: a Southern plantation transplanted to the shores of the river Thames. And for 45 years or so Harvard crews have journeyed on down to New London just after final exams to relax and prepare for the oldest intercollegiate event in the country, the Harvard-Yale race...
...Relax and Forget. Instead of settling for the time-honored solid blue or gray business suit, the customer is encouraged to pick from a range of colors and materials that might have appeared subversive a decade or so ago; early returns indicate that lighter colors and dark colors with wide stripes are among the favorites for business suits. In place of the heavy worsteds and woolens that once made the perspiring milord a laughingstock at Mediterranean watering places, the new look employs mostly lightweight (11 oz. to 14 oz.) fabrics, including polyester and cotton blends. Most of the suits...
...hard to imagine him slowing down, easing off. "To relax is difficult for me. I know it is important to have a sensible schedule and not to exaggerate, but I am like a horse used to pulling a great load. I can't begin to think what would happen if I stopped dancing. I have to squelch those thoughts, drive them down. The stage is a form of opium for me - a psychological feeling I must have, I cannot be without...
During the Northeastern game Radcliffe was able to relax and still win easily. They emphasized passing work more than going for the quick shot at the goal. Yntema rotated his players in and out of the goalie position. Laura Garwin, the regular at that place. Kim Cole and Caludia Hagadus took turns guarding the goal...