Word: imprints
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...could argue that what keeps America the world's only superpower today - especially economically - is precisely the same vulgar culture that Lieberman reviles. Crappy American movies imprint the American consciousness across every continent; millions of little Elians the world over go to bed and dream of Lara Croft; French kids with an entire national tradition of great cinema are instead obsessed with "South Park" (Eric Cartman's face is more ubiquitous in the French countryside than bitter, entitled-feeling farmers). America doesn't dominate the world because it fears us; we dominate because the rest of the world wants...
...home-run ball, waffled in his testimony about the exact provenance of the Twistelli name, but in letters to fans he admitted that Twist was the inspiration for his snarling mafioso character. Never mind that Twistelli bears little resemblance to Twist; if the judgment stands, McFarlane's Image Comics imprint could be forced out of business. "I thought that law was sort of short for logic," said McFarlane. "That just got blown out of the water...
Many parents assume that the Disney imprint and a G rating on a video mean that a three-year-old can safely enjoy it. But Suzi Schiffer Parrasch, who reviews TV and videos for FamilyWonder.com says, "Every Disney film I watch is violent. They all have very dark, scary moments. Parents should know every single frame of these films, just as they know every page of a storybook." Two excellent websites give parents detailed descriptions of the content of animated movies: kids-in-mind.com and screenit.com Both sites offer ratings of movies that go well beyond...
...surprising, 1900 being 1900, to see everywhere the imprint of the decorative style we call Art Nouveau, co-existing with the stern realism of Madrid, Munich and Thomas Eakins' Philadelphia. Its sources in great figures like Gauguin are not skimped; it's there in Edvard Munch, Gustav Klimt and in a host of lesser figures across the world, including Australia--Sydney Long's Pan, 1898, with its fauns and sweetly sexless hippies cavorting discreetly by the evening billabong, takes great formal advantage of the serpentine shapes of native gum trees...
...Vorenberg will be remembered not only as an outstanding dean and a brilliant lawyer, but as a wonderful human being, someone whose constant devotion to his students and colleagues has left an imprint that will last for generations," said University President Neil L. Rudenstine...