Word: formula
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Alwaleed believes the Far East can be hot for at least two decades, but he'll also turn his attention to Africa, which "needs everything." But he says he will not stray from the formula that turned $15,000 into $12 billion. "I would like to be viewed as this investor from the middle of the desert, who comes and adds value to companies," he says. "I get a kick out of finding industries that have spectacular potential. I look for companies that have solid brand names and sound management but are dirt cheap." As the prince can tell...
...tape parade trumpeting the miraculous economic growth of Asian economies. This week, however, the Asian Tigers limped to Vancouver in search of a solution to the currency crisis ravaging their economies. Even though the summit was upbeat about Asia's economic fundamentals, its decision to create an IMF bailout formula, with attendant political risks, was the strongest indicator of the depth of the crisis...
...praise for all theatrical endeavors. Speaking for myself, and judging by the comments of my peers, the main complaints against The Crimson are not the negativism of some reviews, but the unfortunate tendency of The Crimson to publish incomplete and incorrect information, and to write reviews as if by formula...
...tracks four kids in a quaint northeastern seaside town the summer after they accidentally run over the town recluse. With its superficial storyline, cast of adolescent unknowns and a serial killer armed with a lethal fish hook, Summer keeps the suspense to a minimum and the plot to a formula. It makes a perfect 80s slasher flick but pales in the wake of Scream's splendor...
...this last element--the villain of the story's formula--that falls hopelessly flat. The most outstanding animated features are those with the strongest villains; think of Cruella de Vil, Ursula and Jafar in Disney's best. Rasputin, however, is a bumbling idiot. He shrieks and whines and has the further distasteful attribute of losing his bodily limbs every so often (apparently, the animators want to make it very clear that villains must be repulsively ugly). Moreover, he seems to have absolutely no motivation for his curses. He constantly howls "The Romanovs must be destroyed!" but there seems...