Word: relaxing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...party line, his present attitude of unconcern over "capitalistic encirclement," and his prophecy that the "imperialist" nations will war on each other (TIME, Oct. 13). Apparently the world was in for another Communist attempt to divide the anti-Communist coalition by creating popular fronts. The intent was to relax tension in Europe; the spread of cold peace was a measure of how much a credulous Europe wanted tension relaxed...
Margarita has, however, picked 44 men for his "A" squad out of the original horde of 145 that turned out. After finishing this little job, the former Brown and Chicago Bear star can just sit back, relax, and coach...
Twentieth century liners shrank the Atlantic almost to lake-size, but travelers could still relax in a deck chair and feel suspended in time for a week-on the older, sedater liners (the S.S. United States last month crossed in 3 days 10 hrs. 40 min., barely enough time to make friends with the deck steward). In 1927, a daring young man in a flying crate, name of Lindbergh, made his way from New York to Paris in 33½ hrs. Millions who have followed his route since then-immersed in mystery stories, poker or the semistupor of Dramamine-have...
Nixon's mother was firm about church (three times on Sundays and once at midweek). Nixon played the piano for Sunday school, still plays occasionally to relax ("I'm'not as good as President Truman"). He worked his way through Whittier College (present enrollment: 1,200), mostly by helping out in the family store as cashier and delivery boy. Occasionally he helped his mother do the dishes. She recalls: "Richard always pulled the blinds down tight so that people wouldn't see him with his hands in a dishpan...
...their stutter, joke about it. Each summer they are sent out to talk to at least 200 strangers. They keep notes on how those strangers react, and are amazed to find that only one in 100 would ever dream of ridiculing them. As their fear melts away, the stutterers relax and begin to face their handicap...