Word: formula
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...course I should have expected this. As any critic will comment, the formula that works so well in a nine-minute Saturday Night Live sketch rarely survives the full-length movie version, eg: A Night at the Roxbury. But I was a critic with a mission. I wanted to relive my days among the nuns...
Unity on a sports team comes from--I realize it sounds corny--genuine caring about the well-being of teammates. The secret formula to team-building still eludes most coaches and athletes, but if a team is comprised of people interested in each other on a personal as well as an athletic level, unity is just around the corner...
...True, Bush did apply the classic GOP formula to education reform: States and localities, not the federal government, should decide how and where to spend Washington?s education dollars. But here?s the rub that may lead the Republicans back to the center of this issue ?- and rub some of them the wrong way: The states don?t get to run off without a chaperone. The proposal is filled with ways to let states use federal education dollars more freely, including passing them along to parents in the form of vouchers for private or charter schools. But in exchange, Bush...
...Institutions don't change in quality from year to year--that's just U.S. News changing its formula," he said. "True quality means a lot of things to a lot of people, and U.S. News doesn't take that into account...
Like many frugal hotel entrepreneurs today, Schrager's formula is to "reinvent" dilapidated structures instead of building from scratch. He has made an art form of saving money with style--making industrial-quality fixtures look fashionable. He never skimps on attitude, though--ask anyone who has been chided for trying to move the carefully arranged pool chairs at Los Angeles' Mondrian. Schrager stages casting calls and hires aspiring actor-models to play the help; the snooty service can be unimpressive to customers who lack agents...