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...president Sally H. Zeckhauser claimed that the rent cuts were done by a formula which did not take into account the real operating costs of the three buildings, which house all 169 units. "We are hoping to recoup all of that, plus some," said Zeckhauser...
Director of the rent control board Margaret Drury said that the formula was based entirely on the costs of heating and property taxes, both of which have declined sharply in the past two years. But Zeckhauser said that the emphasis on these costs ignored costs which have continued to rise, such as labor and insurance...
...NOTEBOOK: Trivia question: Can you name the two former Ivy Leaguers who are currently ranked among the top 100 male professional tennis players in the world? (Answer below) Professional rankings are determined by a computer which grinds results from tournaments through a fairly involved mathematical formula. Criteria include the size and importance of tournaments played, the ability of one's opponent, and the number of tournaments one has played in a given period of time. Scott and Peter Palandjian played some smaller pro events (called "satellites") in the Midwest this past summer. As a result, Scott is currently ranked 488th...
Some bakeries boast that their dough is based on a secret family recipe. Others admit that they buy a premixed flour formula. All the shops bake in small lots at frequent intervals so that the rolls will be as fresh and flexible as possible. Once cold, they turn leathery. Cinnamon Sam's rolls remain soft an hour or two longer without reheating, although they have no more flavor than others tried in Kansas City. Nevertheless, the buns have a huge following. "Cinnamon rolls are ageless," observes Rich Favaro, founder of Cinnabon in the SeaTac Mall in Federal Way, Wash. "Their...
Still others, O'Brien among them, find bitter ironies, particularly when the ideals of religion are made to serve the expediencies of nationalism. In the Middle East, as in the author's own Ireland, mixing God and politics has been a formula for intractability. O'Brien carefully works his way to this point, noting that rhetoric does not always reflect reality. For example, the Jewish state derives its reason for being from ancient texts that have little relationship to liberal theories about the consent of the governed. Yet Israel is a vigorous democracy. By contrast, the 1968 Palestinian National Covenant...