Word: moldings
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...have to admit that when the dot-com craze began, I too fit the mold: skeptical, skeptical, skeptical. Navigating Netscape is one thing, but programming techniques like C++ and Java make my skin crawl, much to the amusement of friends TF'ing CS50 who speak and think the language of code in the bowels of the Science Center. Steve Martin, in Father of the Bride, had my original attitude pegged exactly when he described his future son-in-law's job as an independent computer consultant: He said it was "code for 'unemployed.'" It just didn't seem possible that...
While this appears to be a policy of tolerance, it is nothing but a crude attempt to exploit religion and transmute churches into another arm of the state propaganda apparatus. These state churches reek of the government's attempts to mold them into tools to maintain support for their regime. Their names and ideologies drip with the official mix of nationalism and support for the Communist party's authority. The official Catholic church is the Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association; the principal theological seminary's mission is to train clergy who are patriotic and support the Communist Party. It is absurd...
...ability of Web content to reach niche audiences makes e-publishing especially attractive to authors who don't fit a mold. Leta Nolan Childers of Fort Pierre, S.D., writes novels she calls "comedy romances" that combine the passion of conventional bodice rippers with a dose of silliness. In 1998 she turned to e-imprint DiskUs Publishing, then a tiny operation run by free-lance journalist Marilyn Nesbitt out of her house in Albany, Ind. Childers' submission, The Best Laid Plans, was accepted within weeks and went on sale in January 1999. She became probably the top-selling e-author...
...rejects" by calling them "homos." The picture he painted reflects the narrow-minded and offensive climate that fills Columbine High. It is comments like Todd's that fuel the anger, embarrassment and feelings of inadequacy of people like Harris and Klebold, because these youngsters do not fit the acceptable mold. To say as others do that "the whole social-cruelty angle was overblown" is ridiculous. As a senior in high school, I have watched for the past 3 1/2 years as the wrath of social pressure has destroyed the self-confidence and self-worth of dozens of friends and classmates...