Word: formula
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...West, a major reason the East bloc's surging prices is the inflation in world oil. Russia is energy self-sufficient, and it supplies European satellites with about 80% of their needs. The prices of that crude are based on an OPEC formula, and they are going up-albeit at a slower rate...
...were willing to express comparable confidence about the country's political future. The question of succession was still unanswered. Acting President Choi Kyu Hah, 60, plunged into interminable rounds of talks with military leaders and key ministers, reportedly in search of a succession formula. The two main contenders for the presidency, former Premiers Kim Jong Pil, 53, and Chung II Kwon, 61, were believed to be trying to drum up support, but thus far strictly behind the scenes...
...Jazz Makers, at least, does not try to assess the contributions of famous musicians within a single contrived framework. Nine writers worked independently to produce 21 profiles; the editors stress the absence of a predetermined formula. Appropriately, most of the writers chose to place much emphasis on the extra-musical lives of the musicians. A few well-chosen biographical details can often shed more light on the highly personal art of jazz creation than pages of technical dissection. For instance, A.B. Spellman's Black Music: Four Lives, a classic in the field of jazz literature, was conceived largely...
...revised formula takes into account the resources available to the student and the percentage eligible for financial aid at each school, Gibson said...
...formula and increased congressional allocations for self-help programs have more than doubled work-study funds this year. Harvard's funding jumped from $1 million to $2.5 million, and Radcliffe's increased from $162,000 to $366,000, Gibson said...