Word: explicitness
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...right to say what they want to, and we have the right to decide with regard to the playing of same.'' When 1993 statistics showed that violent crime in Kansas City, Missouri, had risen 200% in one year, FM station KPRS decided no longer to broadcast violent, sexually explicit or misogynist rap. Under the new policy, KPRS rose from third to first place in the local ratings...
...gustibus non est disputandum was the way the ancient Romans put it: there is no point arguing about matters of taste. But that was easy for the Romans to say; they -- and their children -- weren't awash in a tide of explicit films, TV programs and recorded music. We are. And the consequences of this condition -- even the question whether there are any consequences -- have spurred arguments that grow more intense as mass entertainment becomes more pervasive. In the aftermath of Bob Dole's latest attack on Hollywood, TIME asked some prominent people who produce or comment on the arts...
Consciousness-raising was ever-present, even when it did not entail explicit political activity, says Griffin...
Harper's Bazaar has no explicit policy about whether its employees may receive free clothes. Conda Nast, which publishes Vogue, Mademoiselle, GQ and other glossy mags, prohibits its employees from accepting "expensive" gifts, but no dollar amount is specified. Such vague guidelines are easily gotten around by junior staff members with no clothing allowance. "You can always borrow as much as you want," explains a magazine insider. Meaning: the designer still gets to receive the editor's imprimatur, while the editor still gets to look terrific on a shoestring budget...
...Still, Escada clearly got something for its $5.2 million. "No one's going to say, 'Give me an ad, and I'll give you two credits,'" says an insider. "But if you're holding out a $3 million ad budget, it would not be surprising if there were an explicit or implicit understanding that editorial credits would be forthcoming...