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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...After the Cold War, it was natural for the centrifugal forces always present in the alliance to grow. Paul Kennedy, the Yale historian who wrote The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers, advises those who fret about this to relax; he thinks the bonds can afford to stretch a little now that the Soviet Union has fallen, because we can be confident they would snap back in the face of a real threat. But Michael Howard, former British Home Secretary, has just started a new group, Atlantic Partnership, precisely because he fears the alliance may suffer permanent damage from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Kind of Allies? | 3/5/2001 | See Source »

Tricyclic antidepressants such as amitriptyline and cyclobenzaprine are sometimes prescribed to improve sleep and relax muscles. Some patients opt for temporary pain relief via local anesthetic or steroid injections...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hurting All Over | 2/19/2001 | See Source »

...living in the Middle East today, people back home are worried about you. These days you cannot live here without a strategy to reassure concerned friends and family in America. After conversing with several people here, I have discovered that the most popular method of inducing loved ones to relax is to downplay the severity of the situation. People constantly tell the folks at home that life here is "not that bad." This trivializes the pain and suffering the Israelis and Palestinians are experiencing. If you have friends studying or working in this troubled region who tell...

Author: By C. LAWRENCE Malm, | Title: Daily Havoc in the Holy Land | 2/9/2001 | See Source »

...they were serenaded by a harpist, several undergraduates said they attended the tea to represent their respective organizations--from the Women's Leadership Project to GirlSpot--while others said they simply wanted to relax...

Author: By Juliet J. Chung, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Radcliffe Trust Holds Winter Tea | 2/9/2001 | See Source »

...labyrinth is a good way to relax," Rosenthal concludes...

Author: By Jonathan H. Esensten, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Sweet Dreams: Rats, Sleep and Memories | 1/31/2001 | See Source »

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