Word: formulaic
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...especially liked Howard Fine's "Gladfall," a short solo that makes use of a broad range of dynamics--the studio formula for good choregraphy--to abstract Fine's highly specific performing persona, a match of sprite and white-face clown--something no studio could ever teach...
...outcome of the auction indicates that poor quality teams regard the addition of a star to their roster as a necessary and valuable ingredient in the formula to win more ballgames. And, for baseball, unlike exciting games like football or hockey, winning draws the crowds. Therefore, if a 20-game winner or a .300 hitter is worth $400,000 to a team, in terms of the spectator patronage generated by the improved club record (and there is every indication that this is true), a $200,000 a year salary, although admittedly a colossal amount, is hardly outrageous or ludicrous...
...GUZZLERS AND SIPPERS. Washington will penalize buyers of gas-thirsty cars and reward purchasers of fuel-efficient autos, through a complex formula of excise taxes and rebates keyed to gas mileage. For example, in 1978 a $449 tax would be slapped on autos achieving 12 m.p.g.; by 1985 the tax would rocket to $2,488. By contrast, in 1978 a buyer of a car getting 39 m.p.g. would receive a rebate of $473; by 1985 the rebate would rise slightly...
Carter will try to put a lid on hospital costs in two ways. First, he would impose a complex formula, using living costs and the G.N.P., to hold hikes in total hospital revenue to no more than 9% next year. More important, if it takes effect by Carter's Oct. 1 target date, the legislation would establish a nationwide limit on total capital expenditures by the country's more than 7,000 hospitals of about $3 billion next year. This is roughly half what they had expected to spend on new buildings, equipment and other major purchases...
...emphasizing instead the "potentialities" of fuller ego-adaption, attained through a mutually reinforcing and self-fulfilling relation between psychology and culture. "'Leiben und arbeiten' (to love and to work)," Erikson wrote in Childhood and Society, quoting Freud's description of psychological health. "It pays to ponder on this simple formula," Erikson says. "It gets deeper as you think about...