Of course, students in other countries, most notably Japan, must also contend with a system of highly competitive, all-or-nothing placement exams.
Product placement is nothing new to the film industry, of course.
In "Buy Like Bond" (Week in Review, Oct. 27), you state that "product placement is nothing new".
Here, though, much like the Louis Vuitton bag that the killer hauls around and the Cadillac he drives, Picasso is an empty signifier, suggestive of nothing beyond weird product placement and bankrupt thinking.
Product placement is nothing new – but a new film set in Google's headquarters takes it to new heights.
There's nothing like getting a placement in a favored department or related business.
The large level of placements, if nothing else, differs from criticisms of low take-up for hiring credit programs (e.g., Hamersma, 2003), often attributed to both administrative costs and stigma.
This growth in paid placement has done nothing to quell questions about whether they are useful or ethical.
Michael Gillespie, a lawyer for the Fritzes, said the couple "maintained from the beginning that they had nothing to do with the placement of any mercury in their house".
It turned out she had known nothing of her child's placement, and in fact had been begging for information in unanswered letters to Hale House.
It's nothing more than advanced product placement where the entirety of the piece has a story line, but it's based around the products.
