Word: mold
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...media, as an institution, has the ability to mold the population's value and thought processes. In the case of the Olympics, the media's minimization of all events but hockey has had a direct impact on the public's interpretation of the Games...
...film's portrayal of Tracey is no more subtle. Sexually passive, fickle, and easily led. Tracey's character only reinforces an all-too-familiar image of women. Even her final assertiveness in breaking out of her traditional mold fails to liberate her from the role of perpetual follower. One tends to wonder if art imitates life or insults...
...would not continue the troika system. So he would have to choose a single, powerful chief of staff; the selection would tell a great deal about the direction of a second Reagan Administration. Current betting favorite: Drew Lewis, former Secretary of Transportation and a pragmatic tactician in the Baker mold. Conservative alternative: Secretary of the Interior William Clark, an old Reagan crony who served as chief of staff in California and, not very successfully, as National Security Adviser in Washington. In the Cabinet, George Shultz may bow out as Secretary of State at the end of the first term, presenting...
...Steven fit the mold in all categories; that's a rare back," says Glueck. Harvard, after the loss against Dartmouth, needed to beat Princeton at the Stadium to stay in contention for the Ivy title...
...general, one administrator sums up, Verba is seen as a moderate and a unifier--much in Rosovsky's mold--who is liked and respected throughout the Faculty. He is described as a man who is not above sticking it out in the trenches, of dealing with issues at their lowest, nuts-and-bolts level...