The usual culprits are to blame: overemphasis on testing, cut backs to music and arts programs.

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But by the 1970s, spectators had become turned off by an overemphasis on theatrics.

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Naturally, I am leering of any touchy-feely overemphasis on cooperation at the expense of healthy competition.

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One of my continual beefs with our western world is our overemphasis on numerical and statistical methods in analysis.

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"Jersey Shore was a game-changing hit for TV but it also precipitated an overemphasis on one night, " he said.

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Another board member, Aaron Naparstek, founded the influential Streetsblog, which has pushed for amenities for nondrivers and against what supporters feel is an overemphasis on accommodating automobiles.

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An overemphasis on cycle time creates incentives for IRS employees to take actions quickly, even where doing so produces inaccurate results or delays the final resolution of problems.

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To help avoid overemphasis on the horse race and focus instead on what's driving the election, the tracking poll has begun to ask a series of questions on issues and events.

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Mr. Goldstein who has educated tens of thousands of sommeliers over the years, by his own estimation believes that sommeliers are to blame for the overemphasis on overly exact wine-and-food pairing: "The modern-day sommelier feels very strongly about you having the right wine with the right food they become quite draconian, " he said during a phone call last week.

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