Word: styles
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...compromise, which is essential to democracy, seems to have gone out of style in recent years of angry all-or-nothing politics. Especially when the Congress is Democratic and the President is Republican, the result is often no legislation, and many issues are left to fade or fester. In an encouraging departure from that pattern, the Ford Administration and a mixed bag of Senators have reached agreement on one of the most sensitive issues of all: wiretapping U.S. citizens for national security purposes...
Jeff Wiegand, captain of this year's varsity squash team, agrees. "Dave will follow Jack Barnaby's methods to a great extent," he said, "although I'm sure they'll reflect Dave's own style...
Cashin, smooth and experienced, seemed to blast each stroke effortlessly, all the while spinning the six-pound weight behind the ergometer furiously with each eruption of his legs and back. Brock, somewhat rougher in style but determined to beat Cashin, grimaced and hurled his weight in kind...
...University's fund raising style is designed to tap more financial resources than in the past, by running several separate drives at once. Each one gears its approach to a constituency with a special concern in the development of one facet of the University. Not only is Harvard going overseas to reach untapped and valuable foreign fund resources, but the University has also created programs that will catch the eye of various American ethnic groups, and still others that appeal to the self interest of American and foreign corporations...
Whatever she expected was not nearly as unnerving as what she got. Accustomed to the deference and more leisurely tempo of old-style Hollywood film makers, she was unprepared for the whirlwind 36-day shooting schedule. Lester's frenetic pace permitted few concessions to star status. Even the canvas chair, that basic symbol of stardom, was not provided; Hepburn had to use an aluminum chair from her trailer...