Word: fixing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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There's something intriguing about Soap. What the show essentially does, however, is to skirt around the edge of some rather vexing philosophical questions; the only definite answers it gives--that soap opera is a fix, and that we all need it, the audience as well as the people who act in it--aren't particularly original or hard to come by. After watching Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman for three months, I could have told you as much myself...
...spokesman from the department of Buildings and Grounds said last night that two engineers were sent to the site of the flood to fix what was thought to be a broken drain on the outside of the building...
...humor. No one in Cousin, Cousine is witty--Tacchella wouldn't allow a character that freedom. He prefers to draw back and let us laugh at people and situations--a man with his pants down at a formal dinner, a woman about to slit her wrists who stops to fix her makeup instead, or a drunk at a wedding who obliges propriety by carefully filling his wine glass and then takes a swig out of the bottle anyway. As funny as Tacchella makes some of these scenes, we wind up yearning for some of these scenes, we wind up yearning...
Those in favor of this recombinant DNA research emphasize its potential benefits including the ability for plants to fix nitrogen, the potential for finding out more about cancer cells and the development of cheaper ways to make insulin. They claim that the review board should recommend that the Cambridge City Council lift its ban on the research enacted this summer and allow the work to be done under federal guidelines released earlier this year...
...nearby Cannon Mills. A crude spectator pecking order exists among fans. Families that applaud Chevrolets won't socialize with friends of the Dodge boys. Mechanic Howard Sussman buys a $4 ticket just to see the power slides. Says he: "My wife can't understand how I can fix cars all week and then spend the weekend watching them race...