Word: formulaic
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Instead of creating a story that is TV or feature-film length, we shifted to stories that are 30 seconds or 60 seconds long." As for what Coca- Cola paid CAA for its work, no one is saying. Jokes Ovitz: "I only asked for one thing in exchange: the Formula...
Southwest's formula is starkly simple: keep costs at rock-bottom. Using only fuel-thrifty 737s, it concentrates on flying large numbers of passengers on high-frequency, one-hour hops directly from city to city, rather than funneling them through the elaborate hub-and-spoke systems of its larger rivals. The lack of amenities enables it to offer bargain fares (average: $58) that undercut others and allow Southwest to quickly dominate most new routes it enters. Boasts CEO and co-founder Herb Kelleher: "We've created a solid niche -- our main competition is the automobile. We're taking people away...
...squinty little eyes, all baggy from the rigors of the campaign and too many nights up late jamming on "Arsenio." There's that Leno-esque chin, those pinched Bubba cheeks, the little snubbed nose and that tousled mass of gray hair that just seems to cry out for Grecian formula. Just where do you start with Bill Clinton...
...Home Alone 2 precisely follows the formula that made its predecessor the biggest grossing comedy in human history. But no, it is not a drag, and it is not a rip-off. Look on it as a twice-told fairy tale. And look on its tellers, writer John Hughes and director Chris Columbus, as craftsmen who have taken the responsibilities of success seriously. They have acted not as caretakers of valuable property but as trustees of something millions regard as a kind of national treasure, pop-culture division...
...Egypt got the entire Sinai back in exchange for peace and diplomatic relations in the process of normalization. Why can't the same formula apply to the Golan Heights...