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  2. Concision (media studies) - Wikipedia

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    In media studies, concision is a form of broadcast media censorship by limiting debate and discussion of important topics on the rationale of time allotment. [1]Media critics such as Noam Chomsky contend that this practice, especially on commercial broadcasts with advertising, encourages broadcasters to exclude people and ideas that they judge cannot conform to the time limits of a particular ...

  3. Time management - Wikipedia

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    Time management is the process of planning and exercising conscious control of time spent on specific activities—especially to increase effectiveness, efficiency and productivity. [ 1 ] Time management involves demands relating to work , social life , family , hobbies , personal interests and commitments.

  4. Parkinson's law - Wikipedia

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    At the time of Parkinson's study (the 1950s), the Cabinet was still the official governing body. Parkinson observed that, from 1939 on, there was an effort to save the Cabinet as an institution. The membership had been fluctuating from a high of 23 members in 1939, down to 18 in 1954.

  5. Fast chess - Wikipedia

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    The World Chess Federation (FIDE) divides time controls for chess into "classical" time controls, and the fast chess time controls.As of July 2014, for master-level players (with an Elo of 2400 or higher) the regulations state that at least 120 minutes per player (based on a 60-move game) must be allocated for a game to be rated on the "classical" list; [3] for lower-rated players, this can be ...

  6. Swansea must 'sort out allotment-like' pitch - AOL

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    "It was like walking across an allotment at the end of the game. ... the same year in which the Swans spent more than £500,000 on renewing the pitch at base level for the first time since the ...

  7. Round-robin scheduling - Wikipedia

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    A Round Robin preemptive scheduling example with quantum=3. Round-robin (RR) is one of the algorithms employed by process and network schedulers in computing. [1] [2] As the term is generally used, time slices (also known as time quanta) [3] are assigned to each process in equal portions and in circular order, handling all processes without priority (also known as cyclic executive).

  8. Rationing in the United States - Wikipedia

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    From the time that the United States entered the war to the August 1945 Japanese surrender, there was a dramatic shift in behavior: Americans drove cars less, carpooled when they did drive, walked and used their bicycles more, and increased the use of public transportation. Between 1941 and 1944 the total amount of gas consumed from highway use ...

  9. Allotment - Wikipedia

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    Allotment may refer to: Allotment (Dawes Act) , an area of land held by the US Government for the benefit of an individual Native American, under the Dawes Act of 1887 Allotment (finance) , a method by which a company allocates over-subscribed shares