Word: molds
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...practices they ape can be as tacky as white men in redface doing a rain dance. Yet given that official propaganda has for decades blamed Tibetan culture itself for keeping Tibetans poor, ignorant and not above suspicion of cannibalism, this sudden interest shows the government's decreasing ability to mold public opinion, and the growing independence of Chinese trendmakers. "More information about Tibetan culture has come available, so more people see its value," says Zhao Jia, a travel executive who next month will release an off-the-track guidebook to Tibet's farthest reaches...
...Lantern, has set out to achieve in his newest film, Hero. Flush with Chinese, U.S. and Hong Kong funding, Hero is the most ambitious martial-arts epic since Taiwanese director Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon won four Oscars in 2001 and broke the box-office mold by becoming the most successful foreign film to hit the U.S. That victory remains both a blessing and a curse for the Chinese film industry: it raised awareness of Asian films tenfold in the West, but has compelled the region's filmmakers to try to duplicate Lee's magic formula...
...traditional mother and homemaker in the mold of married people in the small Texas town where she grew up. She is a partner in her husband's life, not in his work. But it's a mistake to think that is all she is. She was in no hurry to get married, and was over 30 when she did. She had established a career, first as a schoolteacher and then as a librarian, that used her abilities and interests to good advantage. And she doesn't fit the cliche of a Texas woman. She doesn't have big hair...
...outcome of this election will not be the result of deals or efforts to mold public opinion. [It] will be determined by the votes...
...rest of the country, they get the diversity thing. Something for everybody - women, blacks, Hispanics and moderates to go with the old white gentleman conservatives (Ashcroft may be the first to break that mold, but AG isn't worth a fight for the left). Colin Powell alone is thought to be able to please 14 different interest groups without saying a word...