Word: relaxing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...result the sequel's plot is pretty pallid. Jolson, torn between the desire to return to the stage and the feeling that his time has passed, moons about despondently while the rest of the cast worries out loud about him and tells him he ought to relax...
...Relax," said the Eider, "and Ves-perini my ear. Young Followes, who is Gowen to Rowe-1 today? I say: Harvard 21 Dartmouth...
...course was popular. Albion points out that Princeton's history departments at the time was "comparatively sadistic," and there was only one course which gave its members a chance to relax, a doddering affair on the Westward Movement known affectionately to undergraduates as "House and Garden." Alboin felt there was room for another course which catered to the gentlemanly set. So did the gentlemen, who came out for it in large numbers. They called his course "Boats," and appeared for it bleary-eyed on Monday mornings at 8:40. "We had a hell of a good time," says Albion. Eventually...
When India's Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru needs to relax, he stands on his head. This is not the exotic mysticism of the fabulous East but a practical way to drive off fatigue and make up for lack of sleep. Last week, as Nehru left New Delhi for Washington on one of the century's most important visits of state, his secretary discussed head-standing with U.S. newsmen: "Perhaps the Prime Minister will demonstrate this for your President Truman...
...Just enjoy the whole thing," said the man. "Now let's have some major action here, some minor action there . . . That's quite good . . . Go on now, really moving . . . Go right on . . . Yes, yes . . . let the action transfer to the whole body . . . Relax the shoulders . . . Hollow the chest . . . That's wonderful, wonderful! . . ." The voice became slightly breathless with excitement : "Now just gently . . . close your mouth please . . . Go on now, really moving . . . Yes, yes, YES! . . . That's so beautiful...