Word: relaxers
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...sufferer is snoozing, throat muscles that keep breathing passages open relax so much that the airway closes. As much as a minute may pass before the sleeper gasps for air and rouses briefly. In a study reported in the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers found that 4% of women and 9% of men stopped breathing at least 15 times an hour during a night's sleep. Because they are seldom fully awake, most apnea sufferers are unaware that their sleep is disrupted. The only clue may come from a bed partner whose own rest is disturbed by the breathing...
...accomodate these differences, proponents of diversity relax Harvard's rigorous academic standards. Academic rigor is no longer considered the heart of a Harvard education but instead relegated somewhere closer to the periphery. Dean of Admissions William Fitzsimmons '67 said in the article that differences in academic rank were not important because "there are many other ways to make an important contribution to the class." And as Gary Orfield, a professor at the Graduate School of Education, said, "The key thing is that Harvard is admitting students who can make it through. Whether they all make it through equally is less...
...skills that won him the prize. He needs to open up, reach out and calm down. "He needs some 40-hour weeks so everybody can catch his breath," says Dole. "He's wanted to make history with his first 100 days. Well, maybe after the 100 days he can relax and we can get some steady leadership" from the White House. Something else Clinton must learn is to confess the truth when even a child can see it: against the evidence, the President recently denied that his stimulus plan was ever a centerpiece of his economic program, much...
...King panel had "really tried to do justice." His Attorney General, Janet Reno, simplified: "Justice was done." And near the intersection of Florence and Normandie, the South Central epicenter of last year's riots, a man exulted. "We're going to barbecue," he said. "We're going to relax. We can enjoy ourselves...
...century, a wonder horse named Clever Hans wowed Europeans with his apparent ability to solve math problems, expressing his answers by tapping a hoof. Dutch psychologist Oskar Pfungst ultimately showed that Hans was merely responding to inadvertent cues from his human handlers, who, for instance, would visibly relax when the horse had tapped the proper number of times. When blindfolded by Pfungst, Hans ceased to be so clever...