Word: relaxing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...years before he was finally granted admittance. Once in a classroom, he grimly held his own, graduating in the upper third of his class. The first time he ran for public office -winning his congressional seat from Grand Rapids in 1948-he loved to campaign, to talk with people, relax with people, simply to be with people...
...father's upbringing. Mr. Earl, as he was called, was a demanding father and an avowed segregationist, but he was also noted for his generosity in giving money and gifts to local blacks. (One thing the gregarious Mr. Earl was not able to teach Jimmy, however, was to relax and have fun for its own sake.) While Mr. Earl did not read books or allow blacks beyond his back door, Miss Lillian, his wife, compensated on both counts. She taught Jimmy to respect the rights of blacks, and beyond that to be concerned about them. She also encouraged...
...Chinese People's Republic. It is also an inspiration to an assortment of would-be revolutionaries, guerrillas and new leftists around the world. Among the most famous quotations: "Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun," and "Just because we have won victory, we must never relax our vigilance against the frenzied plots for revenge by the imperialists and their running dogs...
...loaned the Dassault dossier to his new friend, Kay, who failed to return it. According to De Vathaire, Kay threatened to kill him and demanded money in exchange for the dossier. Whether to yield to his blackmailer, to divvy up the loot with his accomplice, or just to relax with a pal, De Vathaire met with Kay at a resort hotel near the Swiss border after the theft, whereupon both men vanished. So did the 8 million francs. Last week Kay phoned a Paris newspaper from his hideaway, declaring, "I had nothing to do with it. For once, I wasn...
...that a witness cannot be hypnotized against his will. (When one scared subject blurted that "the devil will come out of me if I'm hypnotized," he was excused.) "Motivation is the most important thing," says Sandstrom. "If they are willing to cooperate and you help them to relax, then it is very easy...