Word: relaxing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...somewhat, but she still chafes at being viewed through that prism. Yes, she has finally furnished her Upper East Side brownstone with more than boxes, saved money for the first time in her life, taken up an exercise regimen, untangled her relationship with multimillionaire Mortimer Zuckerman, and learned to relax, but why should anyone care? Unless, of course, she decides it matters in the broader scheme of promoting self- actualization. More than a tinge of naivete colors this side of Steinem, whose struggle to balance her public and private lives has hardly been waged behind closed doors. Yet her sensitivity...
...days later, The Washington Post revealed that U.S. business leaders had pressured the administration to relax the sanctions. Most poor Haitians say they will suffer anything to get back their beloved leader, Father Jean-Bertrand Aristide. The New York Times captured the junta's response to the Bush move in a simple headline: "Leaders of Coup Gleeful After U.S. Loosens Its Embargo...
...before you plunge each and every river house into a ferocious battle for the right to dine with dignity--which will undoubtedly have no end until quadlings and first-year students suffer scandalous noon-time deportations to their originally designated eating areas--I urge you to relax your resolve. There must be rice with spicy tofu peanut sauce for all! Rebecca Treptow...
...bore," Venturi declared, meaning that it was time to begin using ornament in buildings again. And also, "Main Street is almost all right," meaning that familiar, off-the-shelf architectural forms also deserved to be revived. The past could be a rich source of inspiration for contemporary architects. Relax, Venturi told his snobbish profession, and enjoy the old-fashioned gewgaws, the color, even the kitsch...
...reduce wind resistance, racers tuck into a fetal-like position, their noses a mere foot from the ground. They don't even breathe during the 13-to- 15-sec. run, since doing so would relax their muscles. "It is a fight against air, which feels more like concrete at that speed," says French speedster Nicolas Bollon. Officially recognized by the International Ski Federation only in 1988, the sport has had an understandably hard time shaking its kamikaze reputation. Still, aficionados contend that it is reasonably sane and safe, at least relatively speaking. France's Michael Prufer, the world's fastest...