Word: formulaic
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...under U.N. auspices at Rhodes. Both sides were making minor concessions but holding fast to major positions. The atmosphere was that of "a comfortable chess game," but a Briton from the Foreign Office said that if his government should join the U.S. in putting on pressure for peace, a formula would pop up at Rhodes in short order...
...Critic Ralph Thompson pointed out in the New York Times Sunday Book Review, there was nothing really so surprising about Douglas' victory. "Those who hope to qualify as No. 1 popular novelist," wrote Thompson, "had better follow the formula . . .1) operate within a historical, costumed setting, or 2) develop a devotional theme. The Big Fisherman does both. The Naked and the Dead does neither...
...Exceptions to the formula: The Grapes of Wrath (1939); Strange Fruit...
...short, when FTC last year was plumping for f.o.b. pricing, it was not trying to lay down a law; it was merely pointing out the safest way to avoid suspicion. But, warned FTC: "No pricing formula ... is automatically free from or . . . subject to a charge of conspiracy...
...Brady's miracle formula is: One month before examinations begin taking two grains of quinine sulfate in pill tablet, or capsule form, night and morning after meals. Continue doing so through exam period. At the same time take a Vitamin B-1 pill daily...