Word: chipping
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...president Michael Ovitz--gave Clinton good reason to be pleased. They announced plans to develop a ratings system that would label shows high in sex, violence or other adult material. Their action was spurred by the 1996 Telecommunications Act, which will require new TV sets to have the V chip, a device that enables parents to block out objectionable shows. Though network executives have long opposed government efforts to meddle in programming, claiming it would violate their First Amendment rights, they bowed to the growing clamor for giving parents more control over what their kids are watching...
Offhand I'd say about 10% of what I caught in my nonscientific sampling was exactly the kind of fare you'd want a V chip for. I mean, no one could object to blocking a five-year-old from watching Montel Williams, although I think that by the age of 12 a child should be able to appreciate the show for what it reveals about the stagey sanctimony of many public figures, and about the public's eagerness to be exploited for fame or fortune; these are valuable life lessons. The real problem with the V-chip system...
Different committees have used parliamentary maneuvers to chip away at each other's autonomy and power. Council members have fiercely defended their positions in a heated e-mail debate. Weeks of reversals and delay have still failed to produce a decision...
...will soon graduate high school and hopes to attend Bentley College in Waltham. The Frito-Lay man, accompanied by his two daughters, walks through the door and past the sign in the window listing the fees for various hunting permits. As the guardian of the potato chip aisle attends to his business, Nickerson writes up the transaction without the assistance of a computer billing package...
...Canada, where concerns about violence on TV have been mounting as clamorously as they have in the U.S., broadcasters air expurgated versions of the Power Rangers. Canada is also experimenting with V-chip technology in several cities. This week a third round of tests will begin in about 400 homes where encoded programming will allow parents to selectively block out material rated on a scale of 0 to 5 for offensiveness. So far the V chip has sparked few objections in Canada. By mid-March the government is expected to decide whether or not to enact...