Word: plethora
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Association for Better Broadcasting* estimates that a child will see some 13,000 violent deaths during those formative years. With the increase in the number of violent crimes committed by juveniles becoming a national nightmare, concern about the relationship of TV violence to teen-age violence has sparked a plethora of studies. In 1972, the Surgeon General issued a $1.8 million five-volume report concluding that yes, indeed, TV carnage can cause aggressive behavior in some children. Since then, the National Institute of Mental Health, all three networks and various foundations have sponsored their own studies. The Rand Corp., given...
...large middle class, they also make business planning difficult. Ahmed Lajavar-di, chairman of the Behshahr Industrial group, complains that the new rules are confusing. He wants a firm long range policy instead, "so that we know what to expect." Worse, adds a Western businessman in Tehran, the plethora of laws might scare off foreign investment...
...team currently holds an 0-7 record, which is partially because of the plethora of injuries that has removed five possible starters from the roster...
...intended to be a historical survey of madness up through our time, or a portrait of the individual's slide into insanity. He discusses the great madmen of the past, both historical and literary, in the same breath as incidents and personages of contemporary madness. Interspersed with this plethora of examples are the case histories of six individuals whom society at one time deemed insane, and whom he now describes with a Kafkaesque grip on sanity their journey through madness and back. Never is there the sense, though, that this perambulation is leading anywhere, except into a confusion between...
...More rate-boost requests are almost certain. Eastern Chief Frank Borman figures that fares will have to go up at least another 6% this year "to get us back toward a reasonable 12% return on investment." The lines also expect to fatten revenues by paring back on their bewildering plethora of discount fares this year; in 1975 35% of all scheduled airline passengers in the U.S. traveled on discount tickets...