Word: tuned
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Middle East has long been an area of the world where the danger of a war has been quite real. And now once again Ford and Kissinger have been singing a familiar tune as they test out the idea of U.S. intervention in the Middle East on the American people. In the past the main threat of war has been between Israel and the Palestinians and the Arab states. But now growing contention between the Soviet Union and the United States and increasing American difficulties in "managing" the supply of oil from the region have drastically increased the danger...
...Essex, himself a British pop star) goes a long way on a modest talent. Some of his success is sheer luck; most can be traced to the general craziness of the times, when a boy from the north could become a crown prince on the strength of one good tune or two. Stardust picks up in 1964, and MacLaine and his group, the Stray Cats, seem modeled on the Beatles. They jump from being a bunch of good-time lads playing dungeons in Liverpool to the very top of the pops in a series of brisk scenes that capture both...
Chrysler has 15% to 17% of the U.S. car market; because it has only six auto-assembly plants in the U.S., it cannot tune its production as closely to actual sales as GM (which has 23 assembly plants) and Ford (15 plants). Chrysler's limited production capacity puts a premium on inspired market forecasting; the company must build relatively larger inventories than its rivals early in each new-model year so that dealers will have enough cars to sell. Early in 1974, Chrysler, like the other automakers, geared its production plans to the then widespread forecasts of a year...
...that, sir." A smile flashed across Boulac's face. "In that case," joked Devine, "I'd better teach you the Irish fight song." In a moment the family was arrayed around Dennis and his mother at the piano as Devine directed a spirited rendition of the old tune. When the coaches departed two hours later, Boulac said, "I've got the feeling he'll sign with...
MacLaine has a few guarded com plaints about industrial pollution, the lack of intellectual and artistic freedom, and Chinese puritanism, which condemns premarital sex while at the same tune forcefully suggesting late marriage...