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...violent acts shown resulted in no observable harm to the victim; only 16% of violent shows contained a message about the long-term negative repercussions of violence; and in a whopping 73% of all violent scenes, the perpetrator went unpunished. These figures, however, were based on some overly strict guidelines: perpetrators of violence, for example, must be punished in the same scene as the violent act. By that measure, most of Shakespeare's tragedies would be frowned on; Macbeth, after all, doesn't get his comeuppance until the end of the play...
...pocket," he says. "There are a lot of both legal and practical restrictions on what actually happens to the money." Under the provisions of most IPOs, officers and executives who have stock or stock options cannot begin selling shares for several months. In addition, the sec places strict limits on the number of shares that officers and key executives can sell each quarter. Finally, insiders are inhibited from selling their stock because other investors might take it as a bad sign and start selling too. "It's all still funny money," Andreessen says. Asked if he feels rich, he fidgets...
...movie's opening scene, decides to undertake driving the moonlight shift on a taxi cab simply as a way of filling up the time. Increasingly fed up with the sordid people he encounters in his midnight runs--prostitutes, pimps, pushers and various basket cases--he begins a strict physical and mental regimen in pursuit of some goal at which we can only guess. After an innocent attempt to woo a senator's aide (Cybill Shepherd) and to rescue a teenage prostitute (Jodie Foster) from the streets, Travis resorts to drastic means to make something happen. First stalking the senator, then...
...Lundman was raised in a Christian Scientist family. One of the fundamental precepts of the Christian Scientist church is a reliance on prayer to heal illness to the absolute exclusion of conventional medical care. Therefore, when Ian complained of stomach pains, his family, in strict compliance with and full faith in the proscriptions of the Church, began to pray...
...just quit worrying about grade inflation? Strict standards for grading would probably not ameliorate the situation (if such a situation actually exists), and even if they did, they would likely create other problems. The "Gentleman's B" has become widely accepted and recognized not only here at Harvard, but among prospective employers and graduate school admissions officers...