Word: frets
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...this plus a suitably shabby, hole-in-the-wall atmosphere. So there's no need to fret about a lack of personality in the record stores in Cambridge. Whether your idea of fun is a mega-store with plenty of special effect or a delightfully sweaty antique-hunters' corner, you'll find it here...
...despite reports of patients sneaking extra patches or pressuring physicians to extend treatment beyond the recommended six to 12 weeks. But really, who cares? Nicotine alone is not a killer in modest doses. It mixes just fine with driving, and best of all, co-workers and spouses need not fret about secondary smoke. Until the battle against bad habits is finally won, nicotine patches might just be the most promising candidate for the last socially acceptable -- or at least tolerated -- vice in America...
...answers are No, No, and Who cares. Generations of directors, on Hollywood's movie-factory treadmill and in Europe's atelier system, made movies without having to fret that $100 million was riding on the outcome. And generations of moviegoers were privileged to sit in the innocence of a dark theater without having to study the list of weekend grosses like a tout sheet. Who knew, back then, what pictures hit and what flopped...
...national network of 50 bands that organized seven years ago to promote black rock. Because it ranges from jazz fusion to thrash metal, black rock doesn't fit neatly into any of the traditional grooves that determine how music is marketed. Executives who program for traditional rock stations fret that the white teens who make up their audiences won't identify with black rockers. Black programmers argue that their listeners are turned off by the heavy-metal sound. Says Mike Stradford, programming director at KKBT-FM, a rhythm-and- blues station in Los Angeles: "We make money by playing...
Although star casting seems an instant boon, drawing in new and younger audiences and allowing more plays to have larger-scale life, some theater leaders fret that they may be doing themselves long-term harm, creating a costly or even unsustainable expectation that every show will have a splash of celebrity. Says Emanuel Azenberg, who produces Neil Simon's work: "The real problems the theater has are not solved by a momentary sense of breath that the stars bring us." Instead of thinking about how to cut costs and reach a broader audience, producers who employ stars typically have...