Word: optioned
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...which is why many newspapers refuse to carry advertising for X-rated films and most theaters and pay-cable services refuse to show them. Independent distributors had an out when they got an X: they would take the free publicity, ignore the label and release the picture unrated. That option was not open to the major studios, which are M.P.A.A. members, so they obliged directors to deliver R-rated films (in which children under 17 must be accompanied by an adult). Kaufman was the latest auteur to face an X. He has faced it down. And Hollywood...
Meanwhile, down below, the forces aligned against Saddam are growing increasingly restless. Nowadays the talk is mainly about when, not if, there will be war. House Armed Services Committee chairman Les Aspin said last week the Bush Administration appeared to be "looking more and more favorably on the war option." Come mid-November, when the allied military buildup in the gulf will be complete, the Administration will assess whether the economic sanctions are pushing Iraq toward capitulation. Judging from Baghdad's behavior last week, the answer may be no. For the first time, the bellicose ; state threatened to launch...
Under Hanson's plan, off-campus undergraduates will have the option to either affiliate with a house or deal with a special office. This new office would be significantly smaller than the present Dudley House office and would have fewer resources for students, Hanson said...
...last referendum on divestment--held in February, 1986--65 percent of undergraduates voting supported complete divestment. In that referendum, however, students were not given the option of voting for selective divestment...
...answered yes to all three questions, one option might be to try calling a dating service. But many students at Harvard have opted for a fuzzier alternative...