Word: formulaic
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Still, the Islamic view of the world in a sense pitches it into an endless struggle against the rest of mankind. Islam sees itself as a universal religion, with a formula for order and justice that Allah intends the entire world eventually to accept. That obviously clashes with the ancient vision of the Arabs' cousins in Israel, who have a different covenant with God. Such spiritual implications may not have started the latest Middle East war, but they certainly nourish the hostilities, making them more difficult to stop-and easier to start again...
Some Western diplomats and oilmen thought that the production cuts were about the most modest that the Arabs could have agreed on. In fact, before settling on the 5%-a-month formula, the Kuwait conference rejected proposals for a three-month total shut-off of oil exports and for an immediate 50% reduction in production...
...return of most of the conquered Arab lands gradually turned to a popular satisfaction in Israel with the extended space that the nation now had to breathe in, beyond the reach of Arab guns. Plenty of room and a strong arm, always at the ready, became the Israeli formula for survival, and anything else-U.N. resolutions, roving ambassadors, third-party mediations, Arab proposals-was politely listened to, but in the end rejected as false security. Against Arab hate and Soviet arms, Israelis were scornful of promises and leary of guarantees; by their own strength they had survived, and would...
Nickerson vehemently denies that the committee chooses degree recipients in line with predetermined numbers of women, minority members or alumni. "We have no quotas," he says. "We would like a balance, but resist formula...
Sherrill has no formula for that sound, but defines his stock in trade as feeling with a beat. "The song is so much more important than the artist, the producer, the studio or the record company," he says. He is one of the few record producers who tries to listen to every song submitted to him. After selecting the song, he relies on a series of instinctive, spontaneous choices in the studio, as a recent session with Country Star David Houston demonstrated. With Sherrill listening intently, Houston ran through The Lady of the Night...