Word: effective
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...sets within two years, the V chip allows parents to automatically block out programs that have been labeled (by whom remains to be seen) as high in violence, sex or other objectionable material. Last week also saw the release of a weighty academic study that said, in effect, it's about time. Financed by the cable industry and conducted by four universities, the study concluded that violence on TV is more prevalent and more pernicious than most people had imagined. Of nearly 2,700 shows analyzed in a 20-week survey of 23 channels, more than half--57%--were said...
Even without this threat, students initial euphoria would die with the realization that the change in grading would not effect post-graduation prospects. Employers and graduate schools would continue to compare applicants against each other, so students still would strive to distingish themselves. But instead of receiving a bunch of letter grades for their efforts, they would have a list of extra-curricular and academic distinctions...
...chilling effect this could have on Internet communications is widespread, and the focus on indecency affects more than just the Playboy Web site. Images of classical works of art like Michelangelo's "David" or Botticelli's "The Birth of Venus" might no longer be available over the Internet, since the nudity displayed in the pieces would technically be indecent...
...possible reason for our dramatic increase in applications this past year is our use of the Common Application. While it clearly had some effect, we must remember that the application increases the previous four years occurred without its use. Nevertheless, the Common Application may have been helpful in reaching some students from previously unrepresented parts of the country. It is impossible to measure precisely its effect precisely because our simultaneous use of the College Board Search Service and a variety of other recruitment tools would confound a rigorous scientific analysis. The feedback from counselors and many others across the country...
Because we use a supplementary application of our own with the Common Application, the amount of information we receive about candidates has not diminished. Indeed, because of the intensive study we made of the Common Application and its possible effect on our process, we were able to design new application items that encourage students to present an even more complete portfolio of their strengths...