Word: fixedly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...widely supported antinuclear initiatives are almost certain to be only symbolic outcries, since neither the House nor Senate is likely to heed the calls for an immediate nuclear freeze. In any case, Reagan is adamantly opposed; he believes such an arms control gambit would be a simplistic quick fix, one that would, moreover, only lock in a putative Soviet nuclear advantage...
...practices of lawyers and engineers. Last week it was the doctors' turn. The court ruled that a fee schedule adopted by some Arizona physicians violated the Sherman Act even though it set only maximums. Wrote Justice John Paul Stevens: "It may be a masquerade for an agreement to fix uniform prices, or it may in the future take on that character." Since two court members did not take part, the 4-to-3 decision raises some doubts about similar rulings in future cases. Still, the prognosis was for minor relief from painful health-care costs...
...stops laughing. "Earnie Shavers and Renaldo Snipes may have knocked me down, but I got up and took care of business. I'm proud. A lot of people want to know if I'm in the tank for this fight"?boxing's enduring charm, the suggestion of a fix. "That hurts...
...variety of child health-care matters. In Hawthorne, Calif., the Mattel toy company maintains a staff of telephone representatives to advise customers on the operation of the company's toys.and electronic games. In Whippany, N.J., Channel Home Centers, a 91-store hardware chain, offers home repair and fix-it advice from "Dr. Wally Barnett," whose role is played by a Channel employee and two assistants. "Dr. Wally" is sometimes mistakenly considered to be a physician, and people call in with questions about how to deliver a baby or treat a sore throat...
Videotapes do not come in six-packs-not yet, anyway-but a New York City-based company called MovieMat is going to fix it so they can be vended right out of a machine. MovieMat is about to test-market a unit the size of a standard soft-drink dispenser that will hold as many as 20 taped feature films. The customer puts his charge card in the slot and watches previews of the available films. He makes a choice; the machine runs a credit check, relays rental information to a central computer and sends his rental tape down...