Word: cluttered
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Still, if you think TV shows have less "show" and more ads than than they used to, you're right. The amount of "clutter"--the industry term for commercials, promotional messages and other nonprogram content--in prime-time network shows has grown from 13 min. 26 sec. in 1992 to an annoying 16 min. 8 sec. in 2001, according to the annual surveys commissioned by the American Association of Advertising Agencies and the Association of National Advertisers. So far, that total is not rising this fall. Network executives insist they have no intention of taking advantage of the ad boom...
...national parties and other outside organizations started pouring millions of dollars into TV advertising, bombarding the state with commercials to the point that the average voter is estimated to have seen more than 800 of them. A good deal of the advertising has been negative. "With this much clutter out there and this much money being spent on the airwaves, the candidates start losing control of the message," Thune frets. "A lot of times I don't think it fits the style and tone of South Dakota." That may be. But Thune ran a spot featuring a picture of Saddam...
...national parties and other outside organizations started pouring millions of dollars into TV advertising, bombarding the state with commercials to the point that the average voter is estimated to have seen more than 800 of them. A good deal of the advertising has been negative. "With this much clutter out there and this much money being spent on the airwaves, the candidates start losing control of the message," Thune frets. "A lot of times I don't think it fits the style and tone of South Dakota." That may be. But Thune ran a spot featuring a picture of Saddam...
Simplicity is always the goal. This year I was going to donate the clothes I’ve had since Mystic Pizza, sell my extra coursebooks and buy a large supply of postage stamps. All this so I could minimize clutter and maximize efficiency while focusing my entire senior existence on my thesis...
...abandoned suitcase lying open on the ground. And instead of composing his images formally he seems to snap at random, cutting off people's heads or tilting the horizon. Sometimes he doesn't even look through the viewfinder, but aims high and low at light fixtures or the clutter on a diner's counter...