Word: methodism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Each time the IRS or Congress develops a method of slowing or halting some objectionable shelter practice," says IRS Commissioner Egger, "promoters and/or investors find some way around it-essentially jumping over the roadblocks. At first, promoters were only stretching the law, now they're openly breaking...
...article on spiraling Medicare costs [Feb. 28] was indicative of our inability to diagnose the underlying problem. No government-financed medical-care plan in the world save our own is based on service provided by private practitioners who are paid by the Government. The only affordable and practical method is for the Government to educate doctors who will then give a certain number of years to providing free care at nationally owned facilities...
...straight lines. Calligraphers say that it is wrong to expect the resulting letters to resemble the modern sans-serif type faces that the children are simultaneously learning to read. Young hands can rarely produce the subtle but important nuances of printed type. The so-called ball-and-stick method requires exceptional motor coordination, and the effort spoils the handwriting of many youngsters for life...
...pulse rate of Vortex is as slow and regular as a long-distance runner's. The acting is uneven, from Russo's Method overacting to Lunch's delicious coarseness as she tries to remember her lines. None of this matters much. What does is the look of the film: a downtown gallery of elegant, provocative images. Warning shadows pin actors against the wall. Bedrooms and boardrooms alike are illuminated by lasers, neon, smoke, creepy red and blue filters. Single-source lighting throws every face and motivation into sinister relief. And under the action, jazz-rock music...
Finally, I found some methods which I do not recommend. One senior told me that his problem with waking up in the morning was not physical adjustment to the cold, but mental preparation. He wished he could have just one more hour or so. "Snoozing" didn't fool him, so he decided to set his alarm for 3 a.m. a few mornings. When he woke up at three, he could look at the clock and say, "Ah, I have four more hours to sleep." Another fellow had an even stranger method. Because of a late job, he doesn...