Word: mix
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...declared that infant malnutrition could be linked to the use of baby formula. That substance, usually made from a milk base with vegetable fat, milk sugar, vitamins and minerals added, is nutritious if correctly used. In poor areas of the world, however, that is sometimes impossible. Mothers may unknowingly mix powdered formula with contaminated water or, to save money, dilute it too much. Moreover, breast feeding is healthier and more economical, assuming a baby's mother is healthy and able to produce adequate nourishment for her child...
...Government, leaving no room for savings incentives or such other popular proposals as elimination of the marriage penalty, lowering the top tax bracket from 70% to 50% on unearned income and raising the standard tax deduction. Pechman predicted that the bill finally emerging from Congress would be a mix of those features plus a much smaller cut in personal income tax rates...
Schickel displays a fine mix of poignance and candor. He sifts through the fallout of his own 15-year marriage. Conclusions: children's affection "is the love that endures forever, if you give it half a chance. You can count on it as you can count on little else in this life...
...instead in the writing of Schwarz himself. It must be a comedown to go from a band with Nick Lowe and Ian Gomm named after oneself to front a band always known as "Graham Parker and the" of "Garland Jeffreys and the", but Brinsley has held up fine. The mix of his Brylcreem look and Martin Belmont's paunchy, fish-blowing-bubbles look are reflected in their complementary guitar styles, crafted pop and raunchy reggae...
...fine weave of the film is connected by haunting Yiddish melodies. Waletzky blends in interviews with Holocaust survivors, revealing the remarkably vivid recall each emigrant possesses. One elderly woman recites several Yiddish folk songs and prayers, and the mix of her voice with the photography brings us back to the old country. The narration, written by Jerome Badanes, is appropriately spare and unobtrusive. He usually avoids the temptation to moralize, and indeed understatement is what lends Image its unique force...