Word: formulaic
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Among the so-called "general monthly" magazines, which aim to please both men & women readers with formula fiction and features, McCall Corp.'s Redbook (circ...
...American general holds a prisoner, our process can reach him wherever he is," he wrote. "To that extent, at least, the Constitution follows the flag. It is no defense for him to say he acts for the Allied powers." To cope with the dilemma, Douglas evolved a novel formula: the Japanese now serving war-crimes sentences should bring suit in lower U.S. courts against their American jailers (and those who command the jailers) to determine whether they have been imprisoned illegally. ' Naturally, the proposal was of no help to the seven Japanese executed for their war crimes...
...arbitration in Hawaii's sugar and pineapple industries, where the I.L.W.U. has 30,000 members. What is more, they said, Harry Bridges' union had frequently abused arbitration agreements on the mainland. A fact-finding board appointed by Governor Ingram M. Stainback tried to find a compromise formula by this week, but the fact-finders had no power to enforce their recommendations and little reason to believe that either side would accept them...
...guilder per treatment for the first six weeks) if, after a year, there is no "clearly visible" growth of hair. The procedure is to brush the patient's scalp, apply the secret fluid, then brush the scalp again. Van Rooijen will not allow an analysis of his formula by Dutch medical men, who are skeptical of his claims.* If the doctors want to see results, says the barber sharply, let them look at his customers' heads...
...liquid mixture that repels wood. It takes the low-salaried chemist just a second longer than it takes he audience to see the possibilities of his wonderful compound. When the idea dawns, he skips out on his college sweeheart (Jean Peters), packs a couple of bottles of his tricky formula, and rushes off to St. Louis to make his fame & fortune on the baseball diamond...