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Word: fixedly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...also realized that 9 o'clock, when you rise to shoo the kids out of the living room, is the logical time to switch channels if you are ever going to. At that point ABC stands ready to present what the ratings indicate most Americans want-a quick fix of violence (five nights a week if you count N.F.L. football) or an old movie (on Friday and Sunday...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: When Things Are Rotten | 11/10/1975 | See Source »

...reason--no student trade in mind. "This is the only place I can get," he says. Raia is 85 years old now and still doing alterations, just like always. He doesn't care much who his clients are; the way he sees it, "If somebody comes in, I'll fix 'em. If they don't, goodbye." He likes being in business for himself--"Sure," he says. "Why not? All my life I've been like that...

Author: By Nicholas Lemann, | Title: The Square's Peg | 11/5/1975 | See Source »

...dating a disgruntled minority shareholder who Yale thought was "possessed by demons." On one occasion Yale came upon two engineers trying to heal an ailing computer. Says Yale: "I placed my hands on the computer, made a silent prayer and asked God to give the engineers insight to fix the computer." Yale claims that it started...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CORPORATIONS: Bibles in the Board Room | 10/27/1975 | See Source »

That was the report that called Harvard's current economic fix "potentially more serious" than any in its history...

Author: By Robert T. Garrett, | Title: Hall Goes to Work | 10/25/1975 | See Source »

What would that accomplish for the consumer who has a savings account, an insurance policy and a credit card? Hardly anything, say critics of the Government's action. If a bank and an insurance company want to conspire, say, to fix interest rates on loans, they can do it without having the same person serve as a director of both. On the other hand, insurance companies in particular have been anxious to put bankers on their boards, claiming that the bankers have more expert knowledge of what loans are wise; prohibiting the practice, they say, would deny policyholders...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ANTITRUST: Unlocking Interlocks | 10/20/1975 | See Source »

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