Word: formulaic
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Joseph Tierney is no alternative to Flynn on issues of housing," says Yotts--but he adds that he and his community want to know "why Flynn can't figure out some formula to force integration on the more economically sound people than to force it on the indigent...
...Minneapolis Sound also created its own formula of simple melodies based on only a few notes and tempos. And although their image was decidedly less squeaky clean and wholesome than those of Motown stars, the Time, Vanity 6 and Sheila E. were similarly choreographed in look and performance...
...Alexander O'Neal's latest album, the Jam/Lewis produced and written Hearsay, demonstrates, there's an advantage in using the same formula. They say that practice makes perfect, and in this instance, Jam and Lewis just about perfect what they've practiced many times before with artists as diverse as the SOS Band and Herb Alpert...
National Security Adviser Frank Carlucci also wants a breakthrough in START, but he is looking for a formula that will make SDI part of a bargain without impinging on R. and D. "Asking this President to accept limits on testing," Carlucci says, "is like asking him to raise taxes tomorrow: he just...
...breakthrough. Congressman Jack Kemp is still scrambling for daylight on the far right of the field. Among the Democrats, the race remains as wide open as a frontier town on a Saturday night. Senator Joseph Biden was supposed to speak to a new generation, but then so was new- formula Coke. Congressman Richard Gephardt tried to trade on protectionism, only to see that issue sink like the dollar. Governor Michael Dukakis made inroads by warbling about his "Massachusetts miracle," but that chirpy refrain badly needs a second verse. One small surprise is that Senator Paul Simon is holding...