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...closing, as the president drives down that highway along the California coast, grant him moments not only to balance the budget and halt the arms race, but also to relax on the ranch before Sandy Vanocur cuts in and tells him time...

Author: By Nicholas J.S. Christenfeld and Paul DUKE Jr., S | Title: Benedictus Erroneous | 1/21/1985 | See Source »

Artful equivocations are even worse lynxeyed sly little rascals that we are, we see right through them. (Up to exam 40. Then our lynx eyes droop, and grading habits relax. Try to get on the bottom of the pile.) Again, it is not that A.E.'s are vicious or ludicrous as such: but in quantity they become sheer madness...

Author: By A Grader and Best Wishes, S | Title: A Graders Reply | 1/9/1985 | See Source »

...team outshot the national college foulshooting record by four percent last year, but Coach Frank McLaughlin says, "we don't have enough time with Harvard's academic pressures," to experiment with meditation. His coaching theories however, stress many similar point review strategy carefully before the games, reduce negative thoughts, "relax and just play...

Author: By Elizabeth S. Colt, | Title: Thinking Positive | 1/7/1985 | See Source »

First--in University Hall, a chortle of glee. If Deans Rotner and Gerrity don't jack up our fee. For Leahy and Steiner and all Black Rock Brass. Think of the forest, and not of the cash. And in U-Hall 4 if you find Michael Spence. Say, "Relax a little, don't be so tense." For if all goes well and you coddle Prez. Bok. A University Chair you will find in your sock. Just think of ole' Roso, your precursor as dean. He gave us the Core, now he's not to be seen...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Holiday Ode | 12/18/1984 | See Source »

...flow of blood through arteries, veins and capillaries, but researchers had never before been able to watch the drugs' effects on discrete parts of the circulatory system. Because the mechanical heart remains unaffected by the drugs, doctors were able to study how the chemicals constrict or relax blood vessels. Schroeder was asleep for this phase of the tests and felt nothing, but he was awake for two other experiments...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Just Tick, Tick, Ticking Along | 12/17/1984 | See Source »

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