Word: fixes
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That's when the CPI fix could prove handy. The index is actually an imperfect measure of inflation that the Bureau of Labor Statistics calculates by keeping track of consumer prices for a so-called basket of 364 categories of goods and services; those prices are compared with what was charged for the same items in a 1982-84 base period. Just as a rising tide lifts all ships, a CPI that increases 2%, for example, automatically boosts by the same percentage such federal expenditures as Social Security payments, civil service pensions and earned-income tax credits...
...rest of the main characters are even more dry and lifeless than Allen. The desire to slap Helena Bonham Carter out of her self-pity is overwhelming, and only increases as the movie progresses. And Michael Rapaport, while likable at first as the "dumb-blond" boxer Allen tries to fix Linda up with, winds up sounding plastic and rehearsed, without a shred of believable character in him. By the trite end, it is clear that you are supposed to be happy for them. But you can't be happy for people you never liked-or even got to know...
...went in for a kidney transplant, which was to be a gift from my wife--one of her kidneys--but they discovered that I had heart problems and had to fix that first," Epps said...
Hook me up for just a little while 'til I get through this call, this fix, this evening, this ambition...
UNIX systems staff spent the day attempting to fix the machinery, with help from Network Appliance, the company that manufactures...