Getting a fix on specific failure rates is difficult because this country, unlike Britain and Australia, for example, does not have an orthopedic registry that follows patient outcomes.
Getting a Fix on, and of, the Stars Several astronomy clubs and observatories on Long Island offer sky-watching sessions to the public, weather permitting.
Getting a fix on how much oil lies below the surface and where it is going will make possible more-educated guesses about its effects on the natural system.
When G.P.S. receivers came onto the commercial market in the late 1980's, people could use them to pinpoint any location on the planet by getting a fix on the longitude and latitude.
Of course, part of the problem in getting a fix on Benedict is simply the feebleness of accepted categories for understanding any serious religious leaders — and hence the impulse to deal with them as celebrities or politicians.
An uncertain genre positioning – medical drama, Hitchcockian thriller, self-consciously trashy B-movie – may have hampered audiences getting a fix on the film, and many critics were at a loss how best to communicate its pleasures without giving away the twisty fun.
