Word: distortive
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...national allocation plans have been far too generous in allotting emissions rights to companies," says Oliver Rapf, a climate-change expert with the environmental organization wwf. If that charge is true, it's not just bad for the environment; it will also distort the market...
...TIME: Some see rewriting the constitution as being tantamount to a declaration OF independence. Chen: I think those who interpret [constitutional reform] that way are making a grave mistake. The Beijing authorities distort our process of democratization into an intention to move toward Taiwan independence. The constitutional-reform project follows the line of our democratic reform. For more than four years, I have wanted to improve and normalize cross-strait relations, and to maintain peace in the Taiwan Strait. I am a maker of history. I have two historic missions. First, I want to hand over to the 23 million...
...easier it is to do with computer animation. The more organic something is, the harder it is. Everything about a human is organic. The audience looks in the mirror every day, so if you don't get it right, it's obvious to them." The solution: comically distort the subjects' features, make 'em cartoony. As Bird says, "You want them to be caricatured and believable. Disney used to call it 'the plausible impossible...
Take a couple with a shaky union, erase their memories of each other, distort time. If you didn't get it all the first time, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is ready for repeat viewing on DVD. The disc has commentary by writer Charlie Kaufman (Adaptation), who spoke with TIME's Carolina A. Miranda...
...resounding defeat of H.R. 163 finally puts these rumors to rest, but I don’t count on it. Just like before this vote, H.R. 163 still exists as an entity in the House pipeline with no chance of passage; and you can count on someone continuing to distort its existence for political gain...