Word: formulaic
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Harry Truman himself. He has a new sense of the dignity of his office. His sure diplomacy at Mexico City was a long step from his early bourbon-drinking, poker-playing junketing, his wistful lurking on the fringes of Congress. He has a new confidence and a new formula: be natural. He likes his job and no longer asks anyone to pray...
...Georgia, Kirghizia, Kazakstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan) got in some propaganda punches for Russia's brand of imperialism. Said the Armenian delegate: "My people were backward until we became a part of the U.S.S.R.; after this event our period of hardship ended forever." The Russian section had a formula for every problem: try Communism...
This morning Americans by the millions will tune their radios to the early newscasts to learn if the telephone strike whose certainty was termed beyond the "slightest question" has become a reality, or has been staved off by an eleventh hour formula pulled from Secretary Schwellenbach's fedora. Both sides have indicated willingness to submit to arbitration the unions' demands for higher wages and pensions, longer vacations, and other fringe issues. But, only a few hours before the strike deadline, there is still a large area of disagreement as to how the arbitration should be effected, particularly if it should...
Only they know the secret drop formula. Twice a year William retires behind locked doors, mixes a large batch of concentrate, enough for six months' production. Robert says only that it contains some charcoal "to sweeten the stomach" and some licorice "to soothe the throat...
What makes a radio plug pay off? After a four-year analysis of the selling power of spot commercials in 250 advertising campaigns, Chicago Adman William Ballinger figured out a precise formula: 1) mention the product name at least seven times every 15 seconds during the commercial; 2) repeat the plug as often as possible; 3) do not change the plug for at least 26 weeks, preferably 52; 4) phrase the sales talk to get under a listener's skin -in short, give it a distinct nuisance value...