Word: formulas
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...conveyed by Begin is that his government intends to stand pat on its autonomy proposals, and will not budge an inch toward Egypt's positions. This troubles many Israelis as well as Egyptians and others. In an editorial, the Jerusalem Post observed: "Agreeing to disagree is a useful formula-up to a point. That point arises when decisions must be taken, and decisions on how to translate the Camp David 'framework' into a full-bodied autonomy will have to be taken very soon ... If the idea of autonomy is sunk not because of P.L.O. sabotage...
...justification for giving the audience as little as they can: a couple of laughs, one unexpected plot twist, a happy ending. Yet it does not have to be that way. When those 26 minutes are in the hands of precise miniaturists instead of slobs, TV's most familiar formula suddenly offers a bonanza of comic and emotional possibilities...
...general peace process, was the reason Washington originally had wanted to sponsor its compromise resolution. It might head off a stronger Arab resolution and also be viewed as a positive gesture by Arab states. It was thus hoped that both Israel and the Palestinians would accept a formula that would have built upon or expanded 242 by somehow affirming Palestinian rights...
...almost 40 years the formula worked. Increased Government spending stimulated demand; companies hired more workers to meet the demand; then employees spent, bringing forth more demand and more production, and the virtuous cycle continued. But, says Economist Arthur Okun, long a Keynesian Counsellor to Democratic Presidents: "We were victims of our own success and a good press...
...Esquire concentrated on sports, pinups and adventure fiction; Gingrich, who had left the magazine, had to be invited back to give it intellectual tone again. At this point Hugh Hefner, a circulation promotion writer at Esquire decided to start a magazine of his own, freely borrowing Esquire's formula while gambling that the courts might now be more lenient about nudity. Instead of Esky the bug-eyed lecher as a trademark, Hefner created the Bunny. Facing Playboy's runaway success but unwilling to become a "skin book," Esquire made a wobbly retreat from barbershop sexism. Soon its advertising...