Word: pattern
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...brought off-Kubrick now requires that his backers go out and sell the damned thing. Because of distribution and promotion costs, the film must gross at least $30 million to make a profit. Kubrick has his own ideas about how to proceed: a tasteful ad campaign, a limited-release pattern permitting good word of mouth to build, saturation bookings timed to coincide with the Academy Award nominations that the director and studio believe are inevitable. Warner salesmen wish they had something simpler on then-hands-a great sloshy romance like Dr. Zhivago, for instance, or at least a rollicking...
...numbing montage of slow motion, stop-action and reverse-run images. On Wednesday, films of the next opponent come under scrutiny. The group focuses on the abilities of each offensive lineman: Has some bull-like youngster been developing deceptive moves? Has a veteran fallen into a habit pattern that tips off his plans? Perles points out the formations and plays he thinks the opposition will use. In afternoon practice sessions, the front four polish the latest pass-rushing tactics Perles has devised...
Last season, in what he describes as a "mystic haze," Holmes shaved his head, leaving only an arrow-shaped pattern of hair facing forward, hence the nickname "Arrowhead Holmes." These days, for relaxation, Holmes tends a collection of exotic fish, including a piranha that feeds on a goldfish a day. "It's the destructive time of year," Holmes notes. He himself will consume a light meal of 15 spareribs and nine chicken parts, his lifelong nickname is "Fats", and occasionally polish off heroic amounts of Courvoisier cognac in an evening. His hard times appear to be over. Earning a comfortable...
...indicators-statistics that foreshadow trends in the economy-dropped in October for the second month in a row. That was the first two-month decline since early 1975, and together with earlier reports showing a rise in unemployment and an acceleration of inflation in October, it suggested a disquieting pattern...
...That pattern, however, is somewhat deceiving. The index of leading indicators was depressed by a decline in the nation's money supply during October. But money supply grew rapidly again in early November, as the Federal Reserve Board switched to an easier policy; so it is a good guess that the index turned up in November. And the number of people receiving unemployment benefits dropped by 82,100 in early November, to 5.2 million, indicating that the November unemployment rate to be announced this week will be down. Many economists now forecast that total output of goods and services...