Word: relaxing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Kerr prescribes purposeless fun. It should be as preposterous as possible, with rules as capricious as the one that dictates keeping the arms limp in an Irish jig. Art is the finest form of fun so long as it is not overburdened by a "message." Americans must learn to relax and surrender to contemplation, which is "almost like falling in love." When they have exhausted the pleasure of comic books, they will automatically graduate to Sherlock Holmes, then to Shakespeare, without having to ponder whether it has all been worthwhile...
...hepped-up Winthrop stands last night cheered vociferously at every first down, and sometimes began hooting and stamping before the team was on the field. Well, they can relax; this show will earn plenty of applause...
...feeling of glorious relief takes you, and then you relax. are alone in the sky, and all is quiet...
...living room, they divided it into three distinctive furniture groupings. "I wanted it comfortable," says C.Z., "so guests don't feel that the room is a museum. It should be cozy and attractive; that's the charm of having nice things. But people should be able to relax and feel at ease...
...thoroughly and exclusively a professional Mr. Nixon is glows in every page of his book. He pictures each crisis as a physical ordeal, before which his blood-pressure must thump at the right level and his mind work coolly, cleared for action; and after which he must not relax too soon. His questioning of Hiss, his speech on the "Nixon Fund," and his interviews with Khrushchev are prizefights; the analogy occurs again and again...