Word: realm
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Fields based her lecture on passages and headlines taken from The New York Times and other periodicals, nothing that the news media has borrowed expressions such as "downsize, downside, wakeup call, put on hold, upside, net worth, players" that have been appropriated by the media and the political realm until the words lose their meaning...
...Frank Pasquale's article ("An Infested Information Age," Opinion, Sept. 18), he argues that the only way to maintain fierce competition in the electronic communication realm is to regulate the activities of communications providers. He also seems to be under the belief that an expanded Washington bureaucracy is better equipped to handle the complexities of communications management than the businesses who profit from the creation of new markets, amongst other misguided notions. I would like to make a few comments to the contrary...
...sponsors means no show, right?). Also, if I am not mistaken, A&E, the History Channel, the Discovery Channel, etc., are all for profit cable channels, yet they seem to maintain a list of outstanding educational shows and culturally enlightening programs. Can we expect them to move into the realm of "frivolity" and "inanity" that Mr. Pasquale spoke of? I doubt...
...speakers are "top people in the field who have really made their mark on the political realm," Cerny said. "It's really a once in a lifetime opportunity--where else can you have Bill Clinton's pollster teach you how to do polling...
...Seven" is not for the squeamish, but if you feel up to it, you owe it to yourself to see it. If you are repulsed by what Quentin Tarantino does, beware; "Seven" makes "Resevoir Dogs" look like "101 Dalmations." This movie is in an almost-new realm of brutality, and gets there not by showing needles slammed through breastbones, as Tarantino is wont to do, but rather by showing the aftermath, giving description and letting you imagine things that are infinitely worse...