LIKE most Israelis, Mr. Sharon has accepted the basic formula of land for peace, provided he approves of the Palestinian leadership.
The basic formula of peas and rice cooked together has traveled in the last two centuries to nearly every corner of the world.
For Israel, the parallel begins with the basic formula of trading peace for land occupied during a war -- then the Sinai, now the Golan Heights.
The basic formula of the biopic has grown almost unbearably tiresome, thanks largely to the annual parade of mostly uninspiring Oscarbait true stories that serve to do nothing but show actors' "range".
Crisply directed by Gordon Douglas, "Zombies" largely anticipates the basic formula of the Abbott and Costello monster comedies that took off with their "Meet Frankenstein" in 1948 (again with Lugosi on board).
There was a gap of four years before his next album, "The Rhythm of the Saints" (Warner, 1990), which kept the basic formula of "Graceland" but added more South American music to the mix.
And the Grand Union deal, by departing from the basic formula of buying chains that are market leaders, suggests to some that Ahold may at times be pushing its expansion plans too hard.
The basic formula of guiding a tribe from the mists of prehistory through the stages of human social, political and technological development all the way to the near future remains as compelling as ever.
As an astronomer, Hipparchus was mainly interested in spherical triangles, such as the imaginary triangle formed by three stars on the celestial sphere, but he was also familiar with the basic formulas of plane trigonometry.
When Knuckles along with other DJs in Chicago, such as Ron Hardy, Steve ("Silk") Hurley, and Farley ("Jackmaster") Funk added a drum machine to his sets, it codified the basic formula of house music.
