Word: mimic
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...rather than films from his own country. LG: British cinema, at the beginning at least, was quite vibrant and important. But certainly from about the First World War onward, it’s been dominated in various ways by America cinema...more commercial and mainstream British filmmaking tries to mimic the American tradition, and not always successfully. Grieveson credits American films for instilling him with an early interest in both the United States and the principles of moviemaking. LG: One of the first films—and this was not even from when I was all that young, really?...
...Pride in the game-opener and then gave up the next three contests. The non-conference match against Endicott (5-6, 2-1 NECVA) marked the second loss for the Crimson (3-2, 2-1 EIVA) this season.“We didn’t want to mimic the game against Springfield but we kind of did, losing in four,” senior outside hitter Jordan Weitzen said. “It was kind of a parallel game in the sense that we came out really fired up and then we lost momentum. We just didn?...
...competing interests of a free public database and a corporation's stockholders proved hard to reconcile, and just two years after the White House ceremony, Venter was fired by the board. For solace, he decided to get away. Still a sailing enthusiast, he hit on a grand plan to mimic the journey of the H.M.S. Challenger, the vessel that in the 1870s conducted the first global mission to sample life from the oceans of the world. Venter would circumnavigate the globe with a crew of scientists and sailors and every 200 miles (320 km) would dip canisters into the ocean...
...thing. After all, this is the company whose top-selling new product is the KFC Famous Bowl: breaded, fried chicken strips, corn, cheese, gravy and mashed potatoes--a 710-calorie dish that the comedian Patton Oswalt calls a "failure pile in a sadness bowl." Fast foods--even those that mimic local cuisines--represent a dramatic change in diet for many cultures. "When you offer high-calorie food to a thin population, they go from small to large very quickly and begin to develop signs of heart disease, diabetes and high blood pressure at much lower weights," says Marion Nestle...
...simple set functioned well as a physical expression of the play’s larger themes. Set designers Chase-Levenson and Schick constructed several terraces to mimic the walls of Troy and featured actors on multiple elevations. A pair of large wooden doors opened and closed at the whims of the Trojan men, suggesting the intangible and subjective nature of peace. Lighting designer Mary E. Stebbins ’08 imbued the entire stage with a rotating palette of hues that enhanced the mood...