Word: tailoring
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...Republicans may have outsmarted themselves. By trying so hard to tailor their convention for TV, they drained it of most of the qualities--the old-fashioned theatrics, the contentious egos--that attracted viewers and journalists in the first place. Clinton aides are worried that they may suffer from the backlash. "It's just our luck that they went first," said a White House official who fears that "the networks will avenge themselves on the Democrats." To juice up their TV show, the Democrats are planning "more substantive presentations," a Clinton aide says. Will the last viewer turn out the lights...
...large ad reminds you that the born-again town was voted the top American city for "global companies" in 1994 by one magazine and the best city for small businesses by another. Atlanta ("A Star on the Rise," as the logo on its Olympic bid had it) seems tailor-made to play host to the Centennial Olympics, if only because it is so in tune with the Games' unspoken tradition of institutional idealism and business-minded, slogan-wielding hopes of bringing the world together...
Intel's 64-bit processor is tailor-made for "tech-heads" who look upon the Pentium as dad's Buick...
...argument's sake that the abuse of a law allowing assisted suicide is a distinct possibility [MEDICINE, April 15]. Would it not be better to tailor the law with stringent conditions and guidelines rather than throw it out altogether? Many of the laws of this country are susceptible to abuse. Consider freedom of speech or the right to bear arms. Should we throw them out? The decision to die should be personal. Only the individual who is suffering can say when bearable pain has become unbearable. If that person wishes to be dead, why are we arguing? Whose life...
...internal failure in years: a serious sag in the economy...In the Russian Republic...meat will be underproduced by 40% in 1970, eggs by 44%. Other drastic shortages will be in passenger cars, furniture, building materials and synthetic fabrics...[T]o order a pair of pants from a Soviet tailor shop...[n]o fewer than four magazine-size blanks must be filled out...[As for] the military, [it] will continue to demand a disproportionate share of the country's wealth...