Word: formula
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...rent control, Dreier thinks the city needs a new "formula" to aid the small landlord who is being driven out of business or forced to neglect the upkeep of his property...
...when he retires increases as his salary rises. Since pay hikes partly reflect inflation, the measure thus inadvertently double-indexed future benefit levels for these workers?about 86% of the people covered by Social Security?to price rises. To eliminate the double boost, the House approved a complex new formula that will keep the average benefit where it is now: at about 43% of the salary that a recipient earned while working...
Zbikowski's model is based on a numerical ability ranking for each team, which he refines after each week's play. I'd write the formula out for you but the typists don't have Greek letters at their disposal. Zbikowski ranks 153 college teams, including Ball State, McNeese State and Fullerton State, and gives point spreads for their games. Texas is at the top of his poll, as the Longhorns boast an ability rating of 35.87, while Harvard is ranked 120th with a rating of -1.37 and Davidson is in the 153rd spot, with...
...whole province, they are jockeying in thin air. Only the Alliance Party, which stresses reconciliation and espouses both the link with Britain and Catholic civil rights, gives indications that it might one day unite enough moderate Catholic and Protestant support to form an electoral majority, which is the formula necessary to overcome the political deadlock. The more extremist parties are too closely associated with the paramilitaries to be overly concerned with constitutional questions...
...hitherto secret agreement. Dayan's disclosures about his conversa tions with Carter and Vance indicated that the U.S.-Israeli relationship was still badly strained. In addition, there was more than a reasonable doubt that Arab leaders, who are now studying the working paper, could accept it as a formula for getting the peace conference under...