People always have turned to movies during hard times, Basinger said, but it's oversimplifying to say light or funny narratives will succeed in a recession and serious subject matter won't.
In full realization that education is too broad and serious a subject to be treated exhaustively in a relatively brief magazine article, FORBES feels it is not unreasonable to apply some simple economic criteria to the vast and costly U.S. educational system.
Drone strikes are controversial these days and are a serious subject.
In a fashion later described as bordering on the surreal, Karzai denied that graft was a serious issue in Afghanistan and changed the subject.
Homosexuality has gone from being a criminal offense that could, and did, send writer Oscar Wilde to jail in England, to a comic staple in movies and TV shows, to a subject of serious constitutional study.
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But then, as he pointed out, the exchanges were dealing with a rather serious subject: the provision of health care to needy and vulnerable people.
He sees himself as an objective scholar and in the earlier parts of this autobiography, which loosely takes the form of a diary, with entries signed Milton or Rose, he holds to the view that serious scholars in a scientific subject like economics are similarly objective and change their views in line with the evidence.
There are serious questions which need to be asked of every school subject, and how education authorities are committed to ensuring that children have a meaningfully challenging and critically reflective education.
Sasha had demonstrated a serious interest in development work, studying the subject at University of Vermont and interning at a non-profit that helped rebuild schools in Sudan.
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In very high doses, of course, caffeine is not so good for you, and, in the form of energy drinks, has recently been the subject of some serious concern.
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In comparison to antitrust cases, regulatory agencies are subject to greater outside review, receive more serious oversight from elected officials, and have greater expertise in the subjects within their purview.
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The worry is that if Mr Byers cannot make up his mind on relatively low-key issues like milk and ice cream, how will he be able to resist the far more serious pressures that will be exerted on him over car prices and supermarkets, both currently the subject of competition inquiries?
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