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Word: relaxing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...armed services, the majority of them having enlisted. . . . There isn't one who would drink while on duty, who would drink while driving a car, or who likes to drink and roll in the gutter. But on their occasional weekends home, they have certainly earned the right to relax as they wish and they will certainly find a drink waiting for them in my home. I'll go further and state that regardless of the success achieved by the W.C.T.U., these men will always find a drink waiting for them in my home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 9, 1942 | 11/9/1942 | See Source »

...been many a mis-matched double feature, but the present bill at the Orpheum is guaranteed to cause an acute case of horrors. Anyone interested in seeing how the Government tells the story of ten years of global war will find "Hattie" 90 minutes of agony. Anyone trying to relax after a hard week will have to endure 60 minutes of devastation and destruction...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MOVIEGOER | 10/10/1942 | See Source »

...less pugnacious mood. He called Franklin Roosevelt "the beacon of hope of civilization"; he indicated, in true party fashion, that he would support Jim Mead if Mead got the nomination. Observers wondered whether Jim Farley was getting ready to toss in the towel or was just seeming to relax before throwing a crushing punch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. At War: Big Jim Leeps Swinging | 8/17/1942 | See Source »

...thinks Harvard is all hard work, who is going to give up going with women and stick to the intellectual discipline of the University. It is for the man who thinks that he will, perforce, be faithful to his hometown love and will never have a chance to relax with the belles of Greater Boston...

Author: By L. ESORIT Gaulois, | Title: Social Life Vital Part of Students' Initiation Into "The Fellowship of Educated Men" | 6/15/1942 | See Source »

...Because frozen automobiles were not being thawed out fast enough by rationing boards, OPA decided to relax restrictions enough to let the available stock of 400,000 new cars be sold within the year. Any civilian in special need...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WAR ECONOMY: Facts, Figures | 5/11/1942 | See Source »

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