Word: formula
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Sure, Verhoeven tried: Total Recall does escape the formula at times. The movie was funny, and, on occassion, Arnold even says something witty (okay, once, maybe twice). On the whole, up until the last 20 minutes, Total Recall demonstrates unexpected creativity, showing that blood-and-guts flicks don't have to be mindless...
...problem. Yes, he had achieved the elusive "style" sought by so many of today's fleeting pop stars. But this style ran rampant and overwhelmed every project Hornsby touched. "End of the Innocence," last summer's hit by Don Henley, reeked of Hornsby's syncopated chord-jazzy piano run formula, and even his most ardent fans were thinking it was time for a change...
...axiom of publishing that the first months, even years, of a new magazine's life are the most traumatic. Vanity Fair, for example, went through millions of Conde Nast dollars before its third editor, Tina Brown, found a formula for success. Thus industry observers were not surprised when ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY, less than 16 weeks after its premiere issue, overhauled a glitzy format that both readers and advertisers found confusing. Many more eyebrows, however, were raised last week when E.W.'s founding managing editor, % Jeff Jarvis, 35, abruptly resigned, citing "creative differences" with top editorial management of the parent Time Warner...
Chemical solvents that can thwart incendiaries turned bullish after the Supreme Court's 5-4 decision against congressional anti-flag burning legislation. Next opportunity: a formula that will protect the Bill of Rights...
Trying to put the cold war behind them, Bush and Gorbachev move toward more regular -- and routine -- meetings. -- Bonn takes the lead in seeking a formula to help Moscow accept a unified Germany. -- The First Lady bonds with Raisa and wows them at Wellesley...