Word: fixedly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...materializes after a misbegotten seance recalls her from the dead to hex her slightly unnerved husband (Edward Woodward) and badly annoyed second wife (Louise Troy). The zany medium, Madame Arcati (Bea) leaves the trio to make the worst of things and the best of fun out of their unearthly fix...
...Republic box score, paste it up on a dummy of its own sports page and then photograph and engrave the whole page. A very useful trick for a small, struggling daily without much money to spend. But the Republic's Gianelli decided to fix the American's wagon. So into one box score he inserted a damning phrase-REPRINTED FROM REPUBLIC. Sure enough, it came out that way in the American that same afternoon...
According to the Government, the steelmen did not try to fix the basic price of sheets but subtly rigged the thousands of "extras" that they charge for processing the sheets to certain sizes, shapes and strengths. These extras account for about 16% of the $2 billion-a-year carbon-sheet business done by the eight companies. The scheme to fix these extras, according to the indictment, was forged in a spylike atmosphere reminiscent of the electrical price-fixing case. The grand jury charged that the steelmen conspired in secret many times between 1955 and 1961, meeting in Manhattan hotels where...
...last week in Rio's Correio de Manhā, would have been unthinkable a few months ago. For all their recurrent economic and political crises, the Brazilians are traditionally a gentle, urbane people who believe that any problem on earth can be solved by jeito, the artful fix...
...their pleas to nolo contendere (no contest) on eight counts. After Federal Judge Matthew M. McGuire made sure that each defendant understood that the new plea was "tantamount to a plea of guilty," the Justice Department dropped the four remaining counts. It is now up to Judge McGuire to fix the sentences. For the companies, fines could total up to $80,000; the individuals face both fines and prison...