Word: softener
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...simply a layer of natural wool backed with steel wool that is kept in place by a fine mesh screen. "I used it recently on a cut finger and it healed quickly," says Peter. He also practices a few other Reichian techniques, including screaming and forced vomiting to soften up the "muscular armor"-the uptightness of the body that Wilhelm Reich believed could interfere with the healthy flow of orgone...
Bobby Riggs demolished Margaret Smith Court yesterday with an assortment of lobs, drop shots, chops and marshmallow drives. Riggs started the day by handing Court a bouquet of red roses to "soften her up," and finished things off by challenging other women players, especially Billie Jean King. Riggs's original challenge--designed to prove the superiority of male tennis players--was directed to King...
...campaign law requiring disclosure went into effect last April. Some $15 million is estimated to have been collected in the month before that. Gardner's suit claims that public reports on the names and on receipts and expenditures were required even before the deadline. Stans wanted Gardner to soften his suit; Gardner refused, and a trial is expected...
...emphasized that "the Japanese protect their home market. They are reluctant to allow us to establish ourselves as manufacturers in Japan, although they are free to establish 100% ownership of factories in the U.S. and in important European countries." Many speakers, including Lindskog, thought that Japan was starting to soften its attitudes because of fears of retaliation...
True, one may suspect that it is unjust for Calley to be the only man imprisoned for the My Lai affair. True, one may wish that clemency eventually be shown to the draft evaders. One may wish, in addition, that both the righteous right and the righteous left soften their positions. Yet the Coffin proposal smacks as much of an ill-considered trade-off as it does of Christian forgiveness. The two situations are really unrelated, both legally and morally. Each therefore deserves to be judged on its own merits, not as part of a jubilee...