Word: formulas
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...effect brand the Arabs as aggressors. Amid cheers from the spectators' gallery, U.S. Delegate Warren Austin sided with Russia. It was only after the Russian motion had been voted down by the Council that the U.S. switched its support to the British proposal. Ernie Bevin's formula thus became the basis last week of U.N.'s latest approach to a Palestine solution...
...study the problem you'll see that in Belgium, as in so many other countries, Moscow would like to destroy us to our foundations. You know their formula: "Divide to master...
These regional pacts, the resolution stipulated, must be based on "selfhelp and mutual aid." The Western Union countries would have to show they meant business. Said Vandenberg: the resolution "applies to security the same formula we have applied to economic recovery...
...dimension of irritation to radio advertising. In a typical TV plug, the camera peers fixedly at a chart, showing the superior cushion effect of Firestone tires. Or it may ogle a picturesque blonde, pointing out the virtues of a refrigerator. Rarely has television hit on a first-class formula, like Lucky Strike's animated marching battalions of cigarettes...
Anyone who is curious about how bestsellers are put together might profit from a hard look at Peony. Here, in a neat economy package, are crammed all the formula-tested and cliche-ripe ingredients for which book-club members seem to have an insatiable appetite. (Peony, a Literary Guild selection, is Miss Buck's tenth book to hit the jackpot with a major book club...