Word: content
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...domination of Harry Potter books on the fiction bestseller list might indicate about the typical reader of today, just as interesting is the number of biographies on the nonfiction list. Of the top 15 bestsellers last week, only two non-fiction books can be classified as having no biographical content or slant whatsoever...
...candidates, with the exception of Bauer, were hesitant to regulate obscene or offensive content on the Internet. "The Internet is the greatest thing that has happened since the printing press and the industrial revolution," McCain said. All of the candidates said they would not support taxing the sale of goods over the Internet...
...weekends, Billy breaks up parties. "Hopefully, they register the party," Billy says, "so at least we know what's going on in the room, and at 1 a.m., I go up and say, 'Enough is enough.'" He chuckles, and says, "It seems to me that everybody's content in the Yard, but when they come here, they say, 'I'm free,' and get a little crazy. Especially this year, because we have a new breed of sophomores." He recalled one recent toga party during which a fire alarm sounded. "The toga party they had was very interesting. All the girls...
...fourth grade, Chall argued, students normally read to learn vocabulary and content...
...there is a dramatic increase in test scores. In our increasingly technological society, the lack of a high school diploma can be a crippling disadvantage. To deny graduation to so great a segment of the population at such an early stage in the history of this test, when its content and grading mechanism are still unclear, would be a grave mistake, helping neither the students nor the educational system...