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...this question is never answered, as Andie MacDowell miserably fails to carry off the part of the havoc-wreaking femme fatale. MacDowell seems to have evolved little since her days as a L'Oreal-model-turned-actress. While she is as stunning as ever, she remains trapped in the mold of a silent, sullen object of beauty. Her sophisticated sadness worked well in movies where she was only meant to portray a beautiful object, ("The Legend of Greystoke," "St. Elmo's Fire," The Object of Beauty"). In "Sex, Lies, and Videotape" she won acclaim for her portrayal of an emotionally...

Author: By Emilie L. Kao, | Title: 'Four Weddings' Is Not Worth Celebrating | 3/24/1994 | See Source »

...having a mayor who fits into neither the CCA nor the Independent mold may introduce an element of uncertainty on how the Council might deal with new issues...

Author: By Julie H. Park, | Title: REEVES' CHANGE OF HEART? | 2/16/1994 | See Source »

Even more, the case fits into an almost satisfyingly easy moral mold; the dissipative Harding, the embittered loser in the last Olympiad, and the exalted Kerrigan, the winner, could just as easily be the Wicked Witch and Snow White. The public's fascination with the case is not unlike the rapt attention that little children pay to morally simplistic fairy tales...

Author: By Benjamin J. Heller, | Title: Ice Saga Is No Fairytale | 2/5/1994 | See Source »

Eaton, 53, Trotman, 60, and Smith, 55, each spent his entire career within the auto industry. Still, they were unconventional choices for its top jobs. None of them fitted the mold of the clubby headquarters men who filled the executive suites before them. Detroit's three new CEOs have begun to introduce a similar management style into their very different corporate domains. Modesty, humor (especially of the self-deflating variety), open discussion, candor and team play are all in. Pomp, protocol, pretension and paperwork are distinctly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Autos: Back on the Fast Track | 12/13/1993 | See Source »

...Because the community is very small...it is very easy for the community to throw you outside if you don't fit a certain mold," he said...

Author: By Jennifer L. Burns, | Title: Students Discuss Gays | 12/2/1993 | See Source »

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