Word: formula
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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This stylish thriller is yet another stop on the Greene-Ambler-Deighton-LeCarre circuit. In his first novel, Dublin-born Joseph Hone follows the impeccable existentialist formula in which the spy is the victim, doomed to suffer betrayals and failures as remote as the stars from his control...
Under the new formula, expected family contribution and other aid is subtracted from tuition, room and board costs to determine the size of the loan...
...formula eliminates that possibility, Malin said. If a student gets extra loan money elsewhere, it is deducted from the amount of his guaranteed loan. And if his total loan and aid money exceeds the figure set in the federal formula, the government will no longer pay the interest on the student's loan. A student borrowing $1000 a year for four years at seven per cent interest would lose...
After the businessman had "endorsed" himself (a piece of Low jargon meaning to give oneself credit for one's efforts), other patients recited incidents in accordance with the organization's strict formula: 1) a brief description of an everyday event that precipitated a recent emotional upheaval, 2) an enumeration of the symptoms aroused, 3) an explanation of how the member himself dealt with them, and 4) how Recovery helped. Every recital is designed to accentuate the positive...
...formula behind Hyams' real estate success is simple. He has concentrated on developing office space in central London, which now rents for up to $25 per sq. ft.-more than in most U.S. and European cities. And whenever possible he tries to find a single blue-chip tenant to fill each of his buildings who will be responsible for all repairs and insurance and can sublet part of the space. "All we have to do is collect the rent," explains an Oldham agent. As a result, Hyams manages his entire real estate empire with a staff of about...