Word: fixes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...first national Action Line Conference, sponsored by the Corning Glass Works in Corning, N.Y., a graceful old mill town tucked, as one company official puts it, "in the valley of sand and imagination." Action Line met more than 100 fellow problem-solving columnists-who are also known as Mr. Fix-It, Mr. Action, Call for Action, Action for You, Help Desk, Hotline, Tell It to George and other reassuring names-as well as assorted government and industry consumer-movement watchers...
...government had warned the Americans not to expect quick results. Yet the very fact that the mission was invited to Japan raised hopes that the barriers of high tariffs, endless import-icense red tape and discriminatory quotas were being lowered. The experience of the U.S. visitors was sobering. Quick fix trade deals like the one negotiated last January between the U.S. and Japan and whirlwind tours of businessmen are no way to solve the critical imbalances in world trade caused by Japan's insatiable urge to export and parsimonious reluctance to import. In fact, such cosmetic exercises only give...
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...there is any fault to be found with The Big Fix, it lies in the fact that the former radicals the detective turns up are leading lives rather too close to the center of present-day action. However attractive the purloined-letter (or plain-sight) theory of hiding the object everyone seeks, a viewer may doubt that once famed politicals could work without being recognized in positions as prominent as the ones Moses finds them...
...front door just like wanted guests. No Marine Band in the foyer, but can almost hear a Sousa march as we proceed into State Dining Room. Elegant E-shaped table with cut fall flowers. Feel like Congressmen with votes in pockets. Orange juice at door for quick fix. Eggs (poached and scrambled), sausage, bacon, buns. Better cuisine than reported...