Word: strainingly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...lower. "Horses," explained Britain's Prince Philip, president of the I.E.F., are inclined to "go on well beyond the prudent limit of effort." Added another I.E.F. official: "They do not have the common sense that humans do." Of course, if two-legged athletes want to strain their lungs and muscles in Mexico City's thin air-well, that is their business. "The I.E.F.," said Philip starchily, "is concerned entirely for the horse...
...come to him for the insertion of bags of silicone jelly to build up her breasts. Shortly after the operation, she had to go before the cameras to play a violent love scene. At the height of a passionate embrace, one of her breasts collapsed under the strain...
...backing a free, pass-fail fifth course, the nine professors on the CEP rejected arguments that the plan would attract too many students and put too much pressure on Harvard's classroom space and teacher supply. There will probably be some strain, Ford said, but the CEP felt it would be manageable...
Sure Clashes. Though the new coalition is government by committee, a form unusual but not unprecedented in democratic societies, there is no fear that it will be either self-perpetuating or without strain. For one thing, there are healthy differences between the partners: the Christian Democrats are semiconservatives who favor free enterprise and firm ties to the West; the Social Democrats are liberals who favor some state control of the economy and call for a more open attitude toward the Eastern-bloc nations. For another, both parties agree that they will dissolve the coalition before the 1969 elections and fight...
...consequence of his insecurity about his masculinity, the American male is inhibited in giving full rein to his sexual fantasies. Another complicating circumstance is the typical middle-aged man's notion that at his time of life his body has to be preserved from any undue stress and strain. He may play 36 holes of golf and cards afterward, but at night, in bed with his wife, he is apt to feel that sex is too strenuous and depleting. He is more interested in preserving his body than his marriage"-although even the doctor would agree that a reasonable...