Word: formulaic
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...enough to philosophize upon a money-and-corruption theme, to say nothing of consecrating six record sides to it. Well, if there is anyone in the realm of popular music that could make such an overworked story line appealing it's the Kink's Raymond Douglas Davies. His magic formula of piercing insight combined with a wry, subtle wit enables Davies to direct his songwriting talents toward atomizing situations of class and culture. Originally Davies dealt with situations that were inherently English, but ever since the Everybody's in Show Biz LP he has been preoccupied with the Atlantic...
...goes into full effect in 1977, Union will reduce its annual purchases of coal by 1 million tons. Similarly, the Coors brewery near Denver, a Georgia-Pacific plant in Toledo, Ore., and several other companies are also creating power by burning garbage in furnaces. Further variations on this basic formula are being planned in Chicago, Columbus, Los Angeles, Milwaukee and Washington, D.C., among other cities...
...U.M.W. also won its first cost of living escalator, which workers in steel, auto and other industries have had for years. The formula will increase base pay by 10 an hour for every .4 rise in the consumer price index, up to a maximum 200 a year. That could add almost $24 a week to wages over the next three years...
...sign now hung over the doorway. A few leftover baked goods lay on glass counter tops, and the huge photo portrait of Baby Watson, the mystical money-maker, still stared out over the deserted stall, a strange combination of Guru Maharaji and the Gerber Baby Food cherub, the latest formula for the alchemist's gold of advertising...
...mobility are likely to have limited impact. Not only that, but their social value is also problematic...If wealth and power remain as unequally distributed between families as they now are, and if child-rearing remains family based, increasing the rate of social mobility substantially could easily be a formula for misery...