Word: method
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...companies are falling deeper into debt. A top Manhattan banker reports that 37 of the largest U.S.-owned oil companies have been forced to finance an increasing portion of their capital expansions by going into long-term debt because of difficulty in raising funds through the preferred method of selling common stock. Texaco's Card estimates that, to get financing for its heavy capital needs between now and 1985, "the industry would have to achieve an annual growth rate in net earnings of 18%" -double the annual growth rate of the past decade...
...senior vice president for Tyco said if Chalmer's method is successful, "We will have the handle on a truly major jump on the energy business...
...level of ideas, and extracting a coherent linear reason from it is well-high impossible. Beautifully crafted, like the Henry James stories of Venice and the supernatural, Nicholas Roeg's picture works subliminally, its momentum of mystery sensitizing an audience like only the finest thrillers can. Here the method is a connecting set of visual imagery that tampers with the evenness of reality, giving everyday objects a threatening countenance, making the unseen real. Starring Donald Sutherland, Julie Christie, and Venice...
...past, in court, the battle assumed absurdist dimensions: was Deep Throat "educational" in nature? Or did it have "redeeming social value?" The civil libertarians were put (perhaps too willingly) in the virtually ridiculous position of finding social excuses for the pornography in question. This method of defense was doomed to failure, as it did in fact fail with Deep Throat and others...
...problems of the sixties exceeded the ability of the traditional "internal governance" method to deal with them. With the advent of these problems, two groups intiated a new pattern of activism. One group--made up of the post-war generation that has assimilated into the American mainstream--attempted to tap outside governmental resources for aid. They initiated a number of programs in adult education, health services, and social services. Well-educated, this group was able to work effectively and was able to articulate the needs of the community well enough to obtain some financial support. Another group of younger people...