A company issues $5,000,000, 7.8%, 20-year bonds to yield 8% on January 1, 2006. Inter
A.$385,052
B.$390,000
C.$392,298
D.$394,948
A.$385,052
B.$390,000
C.$392,298
D.$394,948
At the core of this debate is chairman Gerald Levin, 56, who took over from the late Steve Ross in the early 1990s. On the financial front, Levin is under pressure to raise the stock price and reduce the company's mountainous debt, which will increase to $ 17.3 billion after two new cable deals close. He has promised to sell off some of the property and restructure the company, but investors are waiting impatiently.
The flap over rap is not making life any easier for him. Levin has consistently defended the company's rap music on the grounds of expression. In 1992, when Time Warner was under fire for releasing Ice-T's violent rap song Cop Killer, Levin described rap as a lawful expression of street culture, which deserves an outlet. "The test of any democratic society," he wrote in a Wall Street Journal column, "lies not in how well it can control expression but in whether it gives freedom of thought and expression the widest possible latitude, however disputable or irritating the results may sometimes be. We won't retreat when we face any threats."
Levin would not comment on the debate last week, but there were signs that the chairman was backing off his hard-line stand, at least to some extent. During the discussion of rock singing verses at last month's stockholders' meeting, Levin asserted that "music is not the cause of society's ills" and even cited his son, a teacher in the Bronx, New York, who uses rap to communicate with students. But he talked as well about the "balanced struggle" between creative freedom and social responsibility, and he proclaimed that the company would launch a drive to develop standards for distribution and labeling of potentially objectionable music.
The 15-member Time Warner board is generally supportive of Levin and his corporate strategy. But insiders say some of them have shown their concerns in this matter. "Some of us have known for many, many years that the freedoms under the First Amendment are not totally unlimited," says Luce. "I think it is perhaps the case that some people associated with the company have only recently come to realize this."
An American senator criticized Time Warner for
A.its raising of the corporate stock price.
B.its self-examination of the soul.
C.its neglect of social responsibility.
D.its emphasis on creative freedom.
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In Hollywood there is a company that publishes children’S books with the aid of computers.Mthough other book companies also publish that(1),this particular company is very unusual.It“personalizes”the books(2)having the computer make the reader the leading character in the story.Here is(3)they do it.Let us say your child is named Jenny.She lives on Oak Drive in St.Louis,has a dog named Spot,a cat named Tabby,and three playmates(4)names are Bettsy,Sandy,and Jody.The computer uses this information to fill out a story that has(5) been prepared and illustrated.The story is then printed with standard equipment as a hard-cover(6).A child who receives such a book might say,“This book is about me.”The company,therefore,(7)itself the“Me-Books Publishing Company”.
Children like the me-books because they like to see(8)print their own names and the names of their friends and their pets.But more important.“Personalization ”has been found an important tool in(9)enthusiasms for reading.Me-books are thus helping a child to learn how to read by appealing to that natural desire to see hjs(10)Baffle in print.
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A.item
B.way
C.kind
D.form
The passage indicates that Shakespeare put ______ into Romeo and Juliet.
A.historical events
B.Elizabethan beliefs
C.his personal experience
D.political issues at the time
The author raises issues that would most concern which of the following groups?
A. Electricians.
B. Environmentalists.
C. Aviators.
D. Teachers.
The course can help you to ______.
A.select your career interests
B.make suggestions to your friend
C.design you investigation
D.find solutions to many issues
What is the course in the passage about?
A.Investigation.
B.Career interests.
C.Public relation.
D.Public affair.
The company often receives as many as five hundred letters ______ one day.
A.on
B.at
C.in
D.for
The company receives up to 3,000 ______ each year.
A.application
B.applications
C.apply
D.applies
Because the company was doing more business, it was necessary to ______ the factory.
A.extend
B.increase
C.rise
D.lookers