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...representatives defended the organization in a February 9 article in The Times Higher by saying that the British embassy and the Foreign Office both "drew attention to recent cases of terrorist violence against other foreign cultural institutions in Greece that were associated with what were perceived to be 'anti-Greek' organizations...
...study drew an outcry from network executives, who argued, with some justification, that they have reduced the amount of violence they air and have added warning labels for the little that remains. Indeed, a UCLA study (financed by the networks) last year found "promising signs" that levels of network violence are declining. And upon closer scrutiny, the new study's methodology does seem to overstate the case a bit. Nevertheless, it pins some hard numbers on a problem that is popping up increasingly in the public forum: What effect is TV violence having on kids? And what should...
...lure of being involved in the New Hampshire primary, making news, drew many people to Dartmouth," she says...
...last scenes of the film drew criticism for their violent content, and they are, indeed, bloody. Some were surprised when the film won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival that year. But in the sudden eruption of violence in the almost dreamlike sequence, the scene almost acts like a sexual release that the earlier scenes of Travis's desperation have led to: Scorsese is merely completing the portrait...
...reducing two key interest rates, the federal funds rate and the discount rate, by a quarter-point each. That prompted major banks to lower the prime lending rates granted to their best customers by the same amount, to 8 1/4%. The discreet adjustment, his third since July, also drew an ever so discreet statement from the Administration praising the cut while stressing respect for the Fed's independence...