Word: formulas
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...There was no inflating of prices," he says. Walsh explains that "the ultimate price [of the condominiums] was based on a formula" which combined his estimate and the bank's estimate of the property value...
...surprise attack and the war in the Pacific, he added, resulted from "the reckless decision of our military." It was a particularly direct statement that went beyond the usual bland formula used by Japanese officials...
Pianist Shura Cherkassky is celebrating his 80th birthday this season in a typical way: a concert tour that would make a much younger artist flinch. Cherkassky still plays more than 80 dates a year, and audiences can be sure that there won't be any staleness or formula presentation. He is called the last of the great Romantics for good reason: his style is freewheeling, poetic, very much the flowering of his temperament and his mood of the moment. As such he is a priceless antidote to the prevailing vogue in pianism for note-perfect but dry interpretations. Along with...
Seems like a simple formula for a good life. But it hasn't always been easy for Wernher...
...stuck at an average 18.8%. Banks say they need that interest to offset the cost of rising delinquencies. But President ) Bush last week urged bankers to reduce their rates. Not to be outdone, the Senate voted 74 to 19 to put a cap on credit-card rates under a formula that would lower the current level to 14%. That move may have helped trigger Friday's stock-market plunge by threatening to cut the profits of America's already ailing banks...