Word: relaxing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...feeling of glorious relief overtakes you, and then you relax. You are alone in the sky, and all is quiet...
Powers is the White House receptionist, with the serious duty of getting visitors to the President on time and in good humor. From his private office in the White House's East Wing or from the big reception desk in the West Wing, Dave may sally forth to relax the President with a political story or a new joke (Kennedy sometimes complains that there are not enough new ones) or conduct a White House tour for VIPs. He frequently dines with the President, has accompanied him overseas, swims with him almost daily in the White House swimming pool, where...
...Relax and Enjoy. Studious and methodical, Rollins set out to learn the pro game by the numbers, jotting down everything-tips from players and coaches, comments on opposing pitchers, acid reminders of his weaknesses. Fellow players considered him something of a grind; he smoked a pipe, drank only beer, rarely went to the movies, read history books. But in his first year, he batted .341 in the minors, and last year he clipped off .294 in 13 games, after being called up to the parent club...
...start, Rollins collected 18 base hits for a .486 average; a few weeks ago, he demolished the New York Yankees single-handed with a pair of home runs. Now that he has won All-Star honors in his first full year, Rich Rollins might be expected to relax and enjoy his stardom. But he still sits in the dugout, frowning through the glasses and writing notes on scraps of paper. "There's always somebody waiting to take your place," he says grimly. "Baseball is the most insecure profession I know...
...Master deplores overemphasis on diet. "We have encountered people who have deprived themselves of foods they crave, almost to the point of desperation," report Dr. Master and his colleague, Dr. Harry L. Jaffe. To avoid this situation, and to help their patients achieve "philosophical equanimity," they encourage people to relax and enjoy moderate amounts of butter and cream, meat and eggs. This is no different from Grandma's injunction to eat "everything in moderation." But today's doctors add this advice to their patients: leave the problems of cholesterol to the medical scientists...