Word: relaxers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...wake of thesis deadlines, many seniors are simply enjoying the opportunity to relax without academic or career pressure. For these students, the months of April and May provide a much needed break before embarking on graduate school or professional endeavors...
...first began inspecting New Deal programs in the South, she was stunned to find that blacks were being systematically discriminated against at every turn. Citing statistics to back up her story, she would interrupt her husband at any time, barging into his cocktail hour when he wanted only to relax, cross-examining him at dinner, handing him memos to read late at night. But her confrontational style compelled him to sign a series of Executive Orders barring discrimination in the administration of various New Deal projects. From that point on, African Americans' share in the New Deal work projects expanded...
...insists that recreational Frisbee is enjoyable at any skill level. "I think it's definitely a good way to relax," she says. "Even for 15 minutes, it's good to take a break...
...words in the headlines seemed vaguely familiar: OPEC meeting, oil output curtailed, prices rising. But if you are having haunting visions of long lines and $2.50-per-gal. gasoline, relax. When representatives of oil-producing countries meet in Vienna this week, they will try to avert the disaster that was arising because prices have been collapsing. Asia's stalled economies and a very warm winter have cut oil consumption way below what was projected for 1998. Result: a 50% plunge in oil prices from early 1997, to $13.31 per bbl. And with storage tanks brimming, the price looked poised...
...hydraulics of male sexuality are pretty straightforward. Originally developed as a heart medication, the drug works directly on the blood vessels, blocking an enzyme called phosphodiesterase. This enzyme prevents the release of certain neurotransmitters--most notably one called cyclic GMP--that cause the smooth muscles surrounding arteries to relax, allowing the arteries to expand. When this occurs in penile arteries, it leads to engorgement, which leads to erection...