Word: mold
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...African National Congress leader Nelson Mandela's appeal to end sanctions against South Africa--granted within hours of his Friday speech to the United Nations by the U.S. and other governments--has altered the social and political landscape Tutu helped to mold here not so long...
Numerous maintenance problems, reportedlyignored for years, remain: large holes and mold inthe ceilings, asbestos tiling in the floors andpipes, exposed wiring and plumbing fixtures whichleak water into carefully positioned buckets...
That's why "Beavis and Butthead," the MTV cartoon hit, breaks the mold. It's a straightforward appeal to a completely different audience. Twentysomethings, with a few immature exceptions, just...
...make an audience wince out loud. A white drug dealer perforates some black thugs. Palms get sliced, feet corkscrewed, skulls smashed with toilet-tank lids, eyes and other essential organs blown out. The movie climaxes with a dozen or so thugs, druggies, cops -- and that lowest form of slime mold, a movie producer -- edgily pointing heavy artillery at one another...
...find gimmicks (a live studio audience on PrimeTime Live, for one regrettable example) have been mostly jettisoned in favor of the tried-and- true 60 Minutes formula. Before the March debut of Day One, executive producer Tom Yellin promised that the show would feature some longer stories and a mold-breaking format: "If our program is three pieces of the same length and then a light, short piece at the end, then we will have failed." After early shows drew criticism from ABC News executives for being too downbeat and tabloid-like (example: a whole show on serial killer Jeffrey...