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Word: relaxing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...lifeguard who can't be bothered with sunglasses may look handsomer than his begoggled colleagues, but he is not the man to take the wheel during a moonlight drive. And the factory worker who tries to relax while squinting tearfully into the ocean glare may, as a result, have an accident at the work bench more than a week later. The effects of overexposure to bright sunlight last longer than most people realize...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: The Darker the Better | 12/26/1949 | See Source »

...stage to the podium. For a few silent moments his glance flickered over the musicians of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, his shale-blue eyes and handsome, melancholy face warm with affection. When his glance had embraced them all, Charles Munch picked up his baton, smiled and said: "Maintenant, relax." A moment later, Boston's 50-year-old Symphony Hall was rocking joyously with the rehearsal of Hector Berlioz' bounding overture, The Corsair...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: There Will Be Joy | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

Kindly, 58-year-old Alsatian-born Conductor Munch no longer really had to tell his musicians to relax. In eleven weeks as their first new conductor in 25 years, his musicians were freer of tension than they had been for years. In his first speech to them he had vowed, in his painful English, to do his best to maintain the high standards of the Boston. He also hoped "there will be joy." Forthwith, friendly "Charry" Munch (pronounced Moonsh) won their respect as a musician, and their love and obedience as a man. This week, as he rehearsed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: There Will Be Joy | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

...will decide against these charges. He will unruffle. He will foregather in crowds at the wonted time. He will relax once again at the close of day and eat a better meal...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Peas Are Greener | 12/1/1949 | See Source »

Bender said yesterday's decision completes expected University action in the case. "Anybody else who might have been involved can now relax...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 12 More Put On Probation In Riot Case | 11/16/1949 | See Source »

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