Word: imprint
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...officials are worried about a potentially greater challenge to order in Iraq and U.S. interests there: the growing influence of Iran. With an elected Shi'ite-dominated government in place in Baghdad and the U.S. preoccupied with quelling the Sunni-led insurgency, the Iranian regime has deepened its imprint on the political and social fabric of Iraq, buying influence in the new Iraqi government, running intelligence-gathering networks and funneling money and guns to Shi'ite militant groups--all with the aim of fostering a Shi'ite-run state friendly to Iran. In parts of southern Iraq, fundamentalist...
Depp, of course, is the star attraction. If any concerns are raised by the original film, they would have to be Gene Wilder’s deep Wonka imprint on the minds of a generation. Depp manages to take an equally bizarre, but entirely different, take on the character. While the film aids this development by adding a lil’ Wonka childhood flashback (featuring B-movie stalwart Christopher Lee as his father, a candy-loathing dentist), Depp’s delivery, as always...
Cowboy Troy's debut album, Loco Motive, was just released on the Muzik Mafia's Warner Bros. imprint, Raybaw (red and yellow, black and white) Records. Says Troy: "I'm rapping over pedal-steel guitar, lap steel, Dobro, fiddle and other country instruments. In the Muzik Mafia we call it hick-hop, and we think its time has come. Country is ready to expand its boundaries." There are signs he may be right. Nelly and Tim McGraw recently had a hit with the style-mixing duet Over and Over, Jack White of the White Stripes produced a Grammy-winning album...
...tend to like our action movies to look real. So when a character flies into the clouds, sees a vision of the Buddha, and initiates a magical attack that causes a fifty-foot-wide imprint of his hand to crush his opponent, it’s difficult to take the movie seriously. Also, the fights are often slow and quiet, which throw off the American tendency to associate balls-to-the-wall action with lightspeed moves and witty banter...
...chief of the Allied Forces in Southern Europe from 1980 to 1983 and as commander in chief of the U.S. Pacific Command since then. Says Robert Komer, a former Under Secretary of Defense: "Crowe is a broad-gauged guy, a truly independent thinker. He is certain to put his imprint on this job." AGRICULTURE A $6 Million Bash...