Word: relaxing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Internally. Way back in the Thurber cousinhood there was Dr. Beall. a homeopath in a plug hat, who believed in "small doses of mild drugs, a heavy meal three times a day, a good cigar after each one, a little whisky to regulate the heart, a cheerful disposition to relax the system, a healthy skepticism to clear the mind of notions, and a sane moderation in exercise and bathing, either of which could kill a man if he didn't watch out." Doc Beall's most common prescription was lamp oil taken internally. He took it himself...
Once having attained this blissful state, you can relax and enjoy some spectacular photography of the traditional Technicolor Western stripe and a couple of excellent individual sequences. Particularly impressive is a night cattle stampede which achieves some terrifying effects by the simple expedient of letting the cattle charge the cameraman...
...Even the air at the icy regions of 40,000 ft. does not help the engineer with his problem," says Rice. "At the speeds contemplated for the future, aluminum will relax and lose much of its strength. Canopies of today's materials will soften like putty and pull from their foundations. Radar equipment may give the wrong message . . . And the pilot would simmer like beef stew without refrigeration...
This term replaced the six-week winter reading period in 1943. It is supposed to relate study to everyday adult life and 'help the girls grow up." It is extremely popular with the faculty who get a chance to relax on individual research and teach at another college during the winter term...
...soon it was different. He was tired from the afternoon's set of General Examinations. He wanted to relax in the warm, spring air. He was tired...Call up Joe...That's it...Call up Joe...see if he has anything doing...No answer...Maybe he's at the class reunion too...Maybe...