Word: mold
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...cross a plank into the next building, where the steamed rice is fermented. Doi proudly shows me a Tupperware container holding what looks like green tea ground to powder. It's mold, a key ingredient that is mixed into the steamed rice and spread onto platforms in a sauna-like, cedar-paneled chamber, where the heat and humidity help the mold spores grow. To this mixture, Doi will add yeast and water to trigger fermentation...
...people kept getting sick, and as news of fresh victims leaked out, Hu's efforts to shape his new government in a populist, people-first mold have been undermined. China's booming economy, which grew nearly 10% in the first quarter, is feeling the fallout, too. The volume of fast-food sales in chains like McDonald's and KFC fell 20% in southern China in recent weeks, according an industry source (KFC confirms sales fell but says they are now returning to normal). Despite the WHO's travel warning, the government refused to cancel its twice-yearly Guangzhou Trade Fair...
...crackpots and cranks,” Mark C. O’Keefe ’92 says. “It was very easy to pitch that. I just related anecdotes and tied them into a fabricated situation I made up in order to fit it into a television mold...
...from sanctioning domestic abuse, Dartboard insists that sibling scuffles should not stand between an Idol and his destiny. “American Idol” seeks to discover, mold and showcase America’s best talent, however abusive or saccharine. Idol judges and the voting audience rightly select those with stellar voices, dashing looks and generally captivating presences. Potential presence in captivity should not be their concern...
...been required to master. Where Bush is instinctually a believer in American power, Blair understands the dynamics of a Europe bound together by a web of shared sovereignty and an acquired aversion to conflict and risk. While Bush is a conservative, Blair is an old-style liberal, in the mold of Britain's great 19th century imperialist Prime Minister, William Gladstone. Bush is eager to engage the world in order to deter and defeat evil. Blair is a man who looks at the troubled globe and sees also an opportunity to do good...