This could create incentives for game developers to PG-13-ify their releases in much the same way NC-17 ratings have placed a ceiling on the kind of content we can see at the theatre.
Only three incumbents went down to defeat that year: Al D'Amato (R-NY), Lauch Faircloth (R-NC) and Carol Moseley-Braun (D-IL).
In 1994, the company released the British film "Priest" -- about a homosexual Catholic priest -- and "Kids" was released under an NC-17 rating by Miramax in 1995.
Unfortunately, as anticipated in a press release issued yesterday by the Center, (1) only three Senators -- Chairman Claiborne Pell (D-RI), Ranking Member Jesse Helms (R-NC) and Richard Lugar (R-IN) -- were in attendance.
The MPAA has never revealed its guidelines for what qualifies a movie for a G, PG, PG-13, R or even the dreaded NC-17 rating, but Hollywood producers have a second sense for the tipping points between categories.
These will be offered by the oddest of political bedfellows, Senators Jesse Helms (R-NC) and Paul Wellstone (D-MN).
The Democratic proposal nearly squeaked by but ultimately fell short with a 51 to 49 vote with three Democrats, Kay Hagan (D-NC), Mary Landrieu (D-LA) and Mark Pryor (D-AR), crossing the aisle to vote no.
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Raleigh, NC-based Quanta Technology, identified at least one valid aspect of this cynical analogy.
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The NC-17 rating, created in 1990 to replace the stigmatized X, has become all but useless.
When one comes along from Europe, it is simply released "unrated" to avoid the technicality of the NC-17.
"The NC-17 rating that currently exists has been an abject failure, " he said.
Because most newspapers won't advertise NC-17 films, studios do almost anything to ensure that their movies get an R rating.
Like Blue Pillar, PowerSecure, a Wake Forest, NC-based veteran of the energy services industry, is also jockeying for position in the networked energy space.
Sometimes they're startled, as when the MPAA slapped the sad, thoughtful "Blue Valentine" with an NC-17, which meant it couldn't play in many theaters, be advertised in many newspapers or probably be nominated for Oscars.
John Edwards (D-NC), the vice presidential nominee in 2004, used an S-Corp to reduce his self-employment tax (the S-Corp loophole) on tens of millions of dollars in legal fee income, whereas Gov. Romney did not seek to use this S-Corp. self-employment tax reduction strategy.
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He didn't mention her name but the president recounted the comments of Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) who had told a talk radio host that she had "very little tolerance" for students who graduate with large amounts of debt.
In his first year with the Wolfpack, former NBA head coach Sidney Lowe led his alma mater to victories over Duke, North Carolina and Wake Forest University, marking the first time in four years that NC State beat all three in-state opponents during the same season.
The week of September 17th, the Wilmington, NC, federal district court held a long-awaited evidentiary hearing in the case of Jeffrey MacDonald.
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As always, there's no definite timetable for when (and if) NC State's technology might be commercialized -- so call someone's bluff if they promise you a nanoflower bouquet.
Durham, NC (February 12, 2013) - The McKinney Ten Percent, the ad agency's incubator that encourages all employees to devote 10% of their time to focus on new applications of creativity and technology unrelated to current client business, has found a way to breathe new life into both beer tasting and arcade gaming.
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Brian-Anthony Garrison is a student at NC State University, majoring in English with a language, writing and rhetoric concentration.
The UML and NC both expected to win the country's first post-war election last year.
Rather, the producers of the long-running show are opening the show in Charlotte, NC, which is the hometown of new Bachelorette, Emily Maynard.
Pilla dubbed Raw Iron "NC 2.0, " saying it was just Oracle taking another stab at trying to offer a non-Windows-based networked server model.
The art of smishing (SMS-Phishing) has been practiced for some time, but a discovery by the wizards at NC State University has uncovered a new vulnerability that could bring the aforesaid act back into the spotlight.
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