Word: fewer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Senator expressed concern about companies being involved in both the production and distribution of cable-TV programming. Metzenbaum noted that in most communities there is only one cable operator. He fears that such operators might rely too heavily on programs produced by a parent company, and thus offer fewer choices to their cable subscribers. Time and Warner executives do not think this is a real problem. "How does a cable operator make money?" asked Ross. "By offering the widest selection of programs to customers...
...fashion," says Jacques Mouclier, president of the Chambre Syndicale, which sponsors the twice-yearly ready-to-wear fashion shows held in the jammed courtyard of the Louvre. "The Italians have come because they've realized they can't do without us. The Milan ready-to-wear draws far fewer journalists than the shows in Paris. Need I say more...
...marketplace that seems to be operating with fewer and fewer restraints, it is ironic that advertisers have become the new guardians of quality. The trouble is: Whose definition of quality? Campaigns against "tasteless" shows usually come from the most conservative elements of American society. One pressure group, Christian Leaders for Responsible TV, is making plans to monitor TV programming this spring and to organize a boycott of major sponsors of "anti-Christian" shows. Rakolta's objections to Married . . . With Children managed to miss totally the show's satirical point. This sitcom family -- male-chauvinist husband, unliberated wife, sluttish teenage daughter...
...fourth set was indeed a close one, with the score tied no fewer than seven times. After tying. At 12-12, the Crimson--helped by good performance all around and a questionable line call in its favor--barely managed to beat the Engineers...
...computer system, programmed to diversify the Houses by evenly distributing students according to field of concentration, rank group, high school background and master's preference, resulted in fewer than half of all freshmen receiving their first choice. Fifteen percent were denied all their top five choices...