Word: mold
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...comprehensive ideological boxes that are available for intellectuals—particularly black intellectuals—on the subject of race coincides with a concern that the hackneyed terms that guide our discourse may be slowing, or stopping, progress. Both his biography and his philosophy break the mold of an overly simplistic way of thinking about race in America. Hopefully, the innovation and cogency of his vision will triumph over the partisan debates and self-defensive abstractions that surround this treatise on racial inequality...
Breaking the mold of Jerry Springer-like talk shows, “Talk or Walk” balances its drama with conflict resolution. A couple comes to the show after encountering an impasse in their relationship. After the audience offers advice to the couple, they vote on whether the aggrieved member of the relationship should Talk or Walk. Last week, Katie brought her “zombie-vampire-gothic” boyfriend Jeff onto the show with an ultimatum: kinkify their sex life—or else. Jeff, who prefers “old-school missionary position...
...many sitcoms about aimless twenty-somethings who drink suspicious amounts of coffee. But something weird happens when the distinguishing characteristic of the successes--currently HBO's lineup of The Sopranos, Sex and the City, Six Feet Under and Curb Your Enthusiasm--is that they break the mold. What you get is a lot of shows copying not-copying: The Bernie Mac Show, 24, Malcolm in the Middle, Undeclared. You get Innovative...
...many sitcoms about aimless twenty-somethings who drink suspicious amounts of coffee. But something weird happens when the distinguishing characteristic of the successes - currently HBO's lineup of The Sopranos, Sex and the City, Six Feet Under and Curb Your Enthusiasm - is that they break the mold. What you get is a lot of shows copying not-copying: The Bernie Mac Show, 24, Malcolm in the Middle, Undeclared. You get Innovative...
...centered on conceptions of sports that focus on the aspects of fair play and gallantry. These are laudable ideals, to be sure, but they neglect other important aspects of athletics. Crucial components, like the perfection athletes seek in training and their deserved contentment with the competitive machines they mold themselves into. There is also the view of sports as a competitive clash of personalities as well as bodies, of will matched against will. Athletes are personalities, and the best of them bleed these personalities with every movement they make on the field. When sports are played at their highest level...