Word: relaxing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...persecution" of the President ? Can't a great man relax without being jabbed at? Put away the whips, boys, and have no more of these demoralizing articles...
...weather, a hot summer day might make them expand and buckle out of line. So each 10,000-ft. length of massive rail was stretched 3 ft. by hydraulic jacks. At ordinary temperatures the rails are under tension like piano strings. Only on the hottest days do they barely relax. After the rails were stretched, they were aligned by special optical devices and bolted down so that they did not deviate from a perfectly straight line by more than five one-thousandths of an inch...
...chose to tread cautiously,"lest it relax credit too much. The cut in reserves puts the banks in about the same position as they were at the bottom of the 1953-54 recession when FRB also cut reserves to ease credit. The result was a sharp pickup in business. If last week's cut does not spur business, FRB was in a mood to cut some more. But despite spreading unemployment it still planned to move slowly. Warned Martin: "We must recognize that excessive stimulus during a recession can sow seeds of inflation that can jeopardize our long...
Only when he gets to the track, when he slips into the frowsy, unbuttoned atmosphere of the jockey's room, does Willie really relax. Mumbling around a sandwich while he plays a game of pool or knock rummy before a race, Willie almost seems one of the boys. His quick answers are not always cutting; the casual remark is often actually friendly. But warm spontaneity is seen so seldom that even among the other jocks Hartack has no real intimates...
...trying to create a pseudo-European coffee house atmosphere," co-owner Paula Kelley explained. "This is an American coffee house. Actually, our place is more than a coffee house; it is a place where one can relax, meet friends, and listen to progressive jazz. We are not in business just to sell coffee...