Most structural changes, meanwhile, came in the first act and were designed to introduce "the family and its eccentricities" more clearly, Mr. Oken said by e-mail.
The project is designed to introduce a new elegance to Keansburg, according to Alton Evans, Kalian's vice president for sales and marketing, with sophisticated architecture and an array of upscale amenities, including an outdoor pool with cabana.
One of the software agents, Yenta, named after a Yiddish word for a woman who gossips, is designed to introduce its users to other like-minded people at no cost to privacy.
The changes are designed to introduce more academic rigour to exams for 15- and 16-year-olds amid concerns about falling standards and dumbing down since the introduction of GCSEs in the late 1980s.
Already, the campaign has begun holding training sessions for its Ohio volunteers, which are designed to introduce them to the Plan and which have the general feel of a motivational workshop.
He said that the dinner, which was designed to introduce potential benefactors to senior academics, was held at the Garrick because is the "most attractive, convenient and cost-effective option".
