Word: formula
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Like all years, this year had moments. Both highs and lows. Only this year's moments operated under a strange formula. The lower the moment, the greater the attention...
...time ago, in a land far, far away. Lucas' fantasies went murky (Labyrinth) or smirky (Howard the Duck), and his empire suddenly looked as frail as King Lear's. So Hollywood is closely watching Lucas' $35 million gamble on Willow. But will moviegoers watch? To a genre weakened by formula and familiarity, Lucas has brought little new, just a reprise of his Star Wars plot and characters in sylvan gear. His Luke Skywalker is Willow Ufgood (Warwick Davis), a dwarf in a community of dwarfs, a young farmer put in charge of the infant who is destined to deliver...
...producers is over syndication residuals for one-hour shows, the payments made to writers each time a network television show appears on an independent station. Writers now receive a flat fee of $16,000 for the first six syndicated reruns, but producers want to pay ! them according to a formula that takes into account total income from a show's sale. Writers say that method would significantly cut their average income, though producers deny this would happen...
...maternal grandmother until the hearing. Instead, they say, the child was left in the home of a stranger, where she was neglected and quickly fell ill. Tribal authorities deny that such an understanding existed and contend that the baby's illness was due to a change of formula...
Sultan's instinct for pattern could have degenerated into a formula by now, especially given the market demand for his drawings, but it shows no sign of doing so -- though the small still-life paintings are perhaps another matter. Within his limitations, he is certainly an artist to watch...