Word: molds
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...religious faith and the corresponding rise of the movies. "The novel's central thesis--that movie theaters have become modern America's houses of worship--is never really demonstrated in action," notes TIME's Paul Gray. "It is fascinating to watch a writer of Updike's dexterity cram and mold some tremendously diverse material into a single book. He renders, as tellingly as ever, the magic of individual moments. But for all its author's labors toward unity, In the Beauty of the Lilies remains an assemblage of separate and unequally inspired fragments...
...region that has not benefited from Deng's economic reforms. He was filmed walking through fields and visiting the elderly in scenes reminiscent of Mao Zedong's propaganda, not Deng's. The message was that Jiang was not a mere successor to Deng but a leader in the mold of Mao, for whom many Chinese, especially those in the countryside, are increasingly nostalgic. Some experts say Jiang's willingness to distance himself from Deng and his policies implies that Deng's health is in rapid decline. If so, the recent agitation in China may be only a prelude to something...
THERE'S A DISTINCTION THAT USED TO BE drawn between congressional Republicans and presidential Republicans. They were of different temperaments and styles. Gingrich is obviously someone who would like to run for President, but 1995 shows that he really is more of the congressional-Republican mold. It fits him a lot more. Usually the skills of someone who is powerful in Congress and someone who is an effective President are different...
Such supporters either want to mold the flag into a religious icon or are making a mistake that reminds me when--at age seven--I thought that war was a giant game of capture the flag. Motivated by a misunderstanding of the lyrics of the national anthem, I believed that the side first to remove the opponent's flag and replace it with its own was the winner...
...make the mouse's third ear, scientists fashioned a precision mold out of porous, biodegradable polymer, seeded it with human cartilage cells, then tucked the structure under the skin of a mouse bred without an immune system (to prevent rejection). Nourished by mouse blood, the cartilage cells multiplied, taking the shape of the dissolving polymer scaffold and creating a perfectly formed human...