Word: strains
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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While under severe nervous strain-in a taxi waiting for a light to turn green, in a restaurant waiting for a tardy guest-"use the waiting time to advantage . . . Let the jaw drop down until it feels about to crack. This relaxes the facial muscles . . . Bring the finger tips together at the base of the skull and lift hard, pulling the head up and stretching the neck muscles . . . Wiggle the toes inside the shoes. Limbering the big toe can do much towards improving the general feeling of well-being . . . Flabby buttocks have much the same effect on the body...
Prompt Response. Both systems put a severe strain on the pilot. Besides flying his airplane and watching intently for the first sight of the ground below, he must also watch the ILS instruments or listen to the GCA talker, or do both to check one against the other. When the plane gets near the ground, both landing systems abandon it. The pilot must make the final approach and landing himself, though the visibility may still be too poor for him to see the ground properly. With the pilot's attention so completely occupied, any emergency, such as minor mechanical...
...Moral sensitiveness is not an easy matter. The very qualities which lead to insight, devotion, and generosity, all of which Professor Matthiessen had as a teacher, are subject to doubt and strain. They do not grow from contentment and security, but from search and perhaps from insecurity...
Meanwhile the nation's doctors and psychologists are becoming increasingly alarmed over the psychological effects of TV on children. The strain of waiting to see whether Tom Mix captures the bandits creates a dangerous state of anxiety in many youngsters...
Facilities are holding up under the strain of March hour exams and papers, McNiff stated yesterday, though student cooperation "could be better...