Word: method
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...other devices don't work either. He seeks laughs through what might be called the comedy of recognition--the creation of familiar situations with which the reader will identify. This method depends on the sort of person who will shout "Hey--that's ME" when he sees his face in a group photograph. To this end, Ward gives us accounts of riding in the family car, going to high school, fertilizing his lawn, etc. He doesn't realize that this is not enough; these situations can at best serve as a matrix for creative comedy...
...three leaders at Camp David [Sept. 11] could possibly succeed in evolving some method that would eventually result in a genuine peace between Israel and its neighbors, they would deserve our gratitude forever...
Lenz said his method is a different, higher form of meditation than Transcendental Meditation. "If the teachers of T.M. really understood meditation they would not charge money," he added...
...Shah paid insufficient attention to political pressure groups from right and left, dismissed them as rabble-rousers, and was convinced that his lifting Iran economically at a rapid pace would satisfy most of his people. He also thought that he could keep things under control by the traditional method of ruling with a firm, indeed oppressive, hand. It clearly has not worked...
...hour chosen to protect the anonymity of the deeply distressed families, the babies were switched for the fourth and final time. Now a government committee will try to answer a troubling question: Why haven't Israeli hospitals taken to foot-printing babies at birth, a virtually foolproof method of identification used in almost all advanced nations...