Word: formulaic
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Scooped up by the Chiefs as a second-round draft choice in 1987, Okoye averaged only 54 yds. in rushing in his first two pro seasons. But when coach Marty Schottenheimer decided to emphasize the Chiefs' ground offense this year, Okoye found his groove. The formula is simple: they give him the ball, he runs with it. "I have to work harder than anyone else," says Okoye in his Nigerian lilt, "because everybody knows more about football than me and I have to catch up." Marvels Schottenheimer: "I don't think I've ever seen anyone with the combination...
Jerusalem has been in the middle of a game of hot potato ever since. The main obstacle: how to assemble a Palestinian delegation that gives Arafat a voice but allows Israel to pretend that the P.L.O. is not party to negotiations. So far, no formula has been found. While the U.S. is growing impatient with Shamir's delaying tactics, President Bush appears unwilling to expend his political capital by pressuring Shamir. Privately, many U.S. officials have concluded that Shamir is incapable of compromise...
...Current policy illogically supports a civilwar to support a formula that is supposed to end acivil war," said Hawk. He said any treaty thatincorporates the Khmer Rouge into a transitionalgovernment would allow the group to "be back withguns through the legitimate organs of the state...
...petition comes as the Dukakis administration has threatened deeper cuts in local aid. The initiative would provide "a guaranteed formula that returns to the cities and towns a fair share of tax dollars...the basic services every community needs," said Peabody Mayor Peter Torigian, the committee's chair...
...Back in 1939, Roosevelt touched off a patriotic uprising when he issued a proclamation unilaterally shifting Thanksgiving from the then customary last Thursday in November (the 30th) to the fourth Thursday (the 23rd) as a way of granting Depression-era merchants a longer Christmas selling season. F.D.R.'s Thanksgiving formula was later codified into federal law, but not before Ogden Nash composed the following couplet...