Word: odd
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...most of the new jobs are for those who feed the ovens at the company's Pizza Hut, Taco Bell and KFC fast-food restaurants. Result: many people who survive layoffs and find new jobs nonetheless suffer a deep slash in income. One study found that of 2,000-odd workers let go by RJR Nabisco, 72% found jobs -- but at wages that averaged only 47% of their previous...
...subject of the workshop, it quickly became apparent, was improvisation. All those assembled were given copies of musical scores, which contained odd melodic patterns and all manner of symbols to notate Fox's ideas. Fox appeared dressed in a casual yet snazzy blazer and turtleneck, with a case full of music and a cool half-smile. He began with an introduction, explaining that improvisation occurs in all genres of music, not simply jazz, and that he would be working with it "in all forms " today. Fox also discussed the path that his own musical development took, as well...
...donates all outside earnings, and has given more than $1 million in savings to fulfill "a lifelong dream." Randall also raised $1.2 million for the first season via a one-night benefit in which he and Jack Klugman reprised their TV-series roles in the stage version of The Odd Couple. Next summer he and Klugman plan a two-month, eight-city benefit tour in which they will play the roles eight times a week...
...odd thing is that an agreement that has aroused so much passion, in committee rooms if not on the public stage, is likely to have only rather modest economic effects. It will not have much impact on Canada at all; Canada already has a free-trade agreement with the U.S., and its commerce with Mexico is minimal...
...straightforward account of the king's descent into and recovery from madness becomes a political and social commentary through Bennett's devastating use of language: Doctors feud over whether blisters or induced vomiting is the most effective treatment, politicians conspire over the raving body of the king--the twenty odd characters in The Madness of George III are involved in so many different intrigues it's a wonder that the audience can see straight...