Word: mold
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...first few minutes, FX's Thief (Tuesdays, 10 p.m. E.T.) seems to be in the same jaunty, crime's-a-spree mold. As in Heist, we begin with a wisecracking crew getting ready to take down a cache of jewels--"Just say no to blow, kids," quips ringleader Nick (Andre Braugher) as he blasts open a vault. But the game quickly gets heavy, and the story more gripping: along the way, Nick's crew finds and steals a pile of cash that turns out to belong to the Chinese Mafia. Revenge is sought, friends turn on each other, and people...
...When author Shannon Lush goes shopping, readers bustle up to her, eager to share their triumphs: "They'll say, 'I did it! I did what you said and it worked!'" Part of the thrill, she says, is that whether it was getting mold off the edge of the bath or nail polish off the sheets, they've done it with products that cost next to nothing and were likely already in the kitchen cupboards. Lush's cleaning staples are the same ones everybody's great-grandmother used: vinegar, bicarbonate of soda, methylated spirits, detergent, glycerine, milk. Shoe polish...
...Anji that process is just beginning. In 1993 Zhu Kanglin, then 23 and a farmer turned plastic-mold factory worker, scraped together $3,000; bought wheels, arms, foam padding and plywood chair bodies from local components manufacturers; and hired 20 friends to assemble the parts into finished products. Today his Heaven Office Furniture makes 1,000 kinds of office chairs, from executive models in black leather and chrome to squat cloth-clad cubicle standards. Zhu won his first export contract in 2004. He also attended the Cologne Furniture Fair in Germany and sent 80% of his $3 million output...
...cult of theater” elements, it’s become increasingly clear that these tropes are not being included for their own merit, but to cover something else—mediocrity. So when the rare show comes along that aspires to break through the familiar mold, it’s usually a welcome surprise. “Spamalot”—the musical adaptation of the 1975 classic comedy film “Monty Python & The Holy Grail”—has been and still is certainly welcome, if not quite that surprising...
...contact information for health resources or perhaps even house these organizations itself, offering students the convenience and simplicity of one-stop shopping. It would serve a similar purpose for career opportunities for women. Following this plan, the women’s center would be an umbrella organization in the mold of the Phillip Brooks House Association and the Harvard Foundation...