Word: methodic
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Some tenant letters queried on how their individual rent increase was determined, HRE's method of estasblishing rent hikes, and how tenant apartments are classified officials said...
...sent tenants who questioned the rent-hiking policy a copy of a 1983 report by President Bok that sanctioned the method...
...simple though expensive method would be to multiply the size of the attacking force in the hope of overwhelming the defense. Some experts think the U.S.S.R. could double or even triple the number of warheads it could launch before the U.S could get a defense in place. A defense could be bypassed by bombers and cruise missiles, which, because they fly relatively low, could not be zapped from the heavens. After the Soviets shifted their main emphasis to ballistic missiles, the U.S. let its once extensive air- defense system deteriorate. Today it could not fight off a bomber attack...
...would like to correct several statements made in The Crimson editorial of February 19, and in the process describe the method by which Harvard has recently sold some of its small wood-frame rent-controlled properties...
Handl establishes the ground rules for this domestic mayhem almost entirely through dialogue interspersed with bits of indirect discourse and peeks into the minds of the characters who happen to be onstage at the moment. This method is undeniably exhilarating, the equivalent of being grabbed by the elbow and shoved into an especially deracinated cocktail party. But the fun grows a bit forced over the long haul; even the most bizarre conversations cannot forever hide the fact that not much of substance is happening. Handl's people are splendidly funny because they all, with the possible exception of Castleton...