Word: fixedly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...short, the nation is running pretty well by itself right now. There is no major crisis at home or abroad. And for that reason it is hard to get a firm fix on the men and the issues in the presidential campaign. Trouble etches leaders, destroys the weak, brings out hidden strengths in others, nurtures daring and innovative contenders. Contentment (or anyway, relative contentment) tends to encourage phony issues and colorless candidates...
...prayer unanswered, Simon last week packed a bag and lit out for the New York opening of California Suite. Said he: "To tell the truth, I'm really looking forward to it. I need a fix." To tell the truth, so does Broadway...
...purchaser of a presumably valid contract-in legal parlance, as a "holder in due course"-he has no responsibility for the merchandise but has a legal right to collect the payments. The consumer is stuck: he must continue paying for a no-good product that nobody will fix...
...still astonishes the survivors. Says Ramin: "We would attend these meetings with Lenny and Lerner in the same room. It was marvelous to see these minds meet, so brilliant. We'd leave thinking that everything was fabulous." There were many versions of why all efforts to fix 1600 failed: Bernstein's score was more like an opera than a musical comedy; the show was racist; the chorus couldn't act; Corsaro botched the staging; the producers, not having put up the original money, didn't exert enough control; and so on. But almost everyone agreed that...
...trying to fix the damage): "Okay, I'm sorry. Have a good sleep...