Word: mainstreaming
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...ninth week, earned $176 million in North America and (rare for a comedy) even more abroad, and won Cameron Diaz a Best Actress citation from the New York Film Critics Circle. Knocked Up could do even better, based on the rapturous reviews - the most favorable of any mainstream movie this year, according to the Rotten Tomatoes website. I wouldn't be amazed if, at the end of this year, Knocked Up were to win a few critics' awards for best film...
...that challenge. A job sometimes described as "first among equals" now looks more like lion-tamer-minus-whip. Some think Williams should step back and let the rift happen. "No one is up to this, however gifted they may be," says Chris Sugden, executive secretary of the group Anglican Mainstream. Then again, Mainstream is a very conservative group that might prefer an immediate split; and if the Communion disintegrates, it is not Sugden who could be known forever as its last Archbishop of Canterbury. Says Bishop Idris Jones, Primate of the Scottish Episcopal Church, "You could say [Williams] is occupying...
...Sanjay Gupta warned of the side effects of herbal supplements, but herbal therapies and mainstream medicine have long been successfully integrated in Germany [June 4]. Since 1998, the English translation of the herbal equivalent to the Physicians' Desk Reference has been available in the U.S.: The Complete German Commission E Monographs...
...1980s and '90s, as NASCAR marched through the North like Sherman through Georgia, France slowly altered NASCAR's image to make it more mainstream. He asked his drivers to sign more autographs and forced them to behave on the track as well. When two of his stars, Dale Earnhardt and Geoff Bodine, were engaging in weekly sparring matches, France told them to cut it out or find another line of work. NASCAR, whose rank and file once included criminals, was coming to stand for integrity...
...blasted by a number of left-wing bloggers: Klein screwed up! I had quoted Harman in the past tense-common usage for politicians who know their words will appear after a vote takes place. That was sloppy and... suspicious! Proof that you just can't trust the mainstream media. On Eschaton, a blog that specializes in media bashing, I was given the coveted "Wanker of the Day" award. Eventually, Harman got wind of this and called, unbidden, to apologize for misleading me, saying I had quoted her correctly but she had changed her mind to reflect the sentiments...