Word: prop
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Women are always in danger in modern movies--in danger of being left out of them. In teen-boy farces, women are usually just a priapic prop. In adult action pictures they may be no more than a trophy, a pawn or a poignant memory. So the very notion that women are not on the margins but at the center of medium-budget, mass-appeal films is refreshing...
Bonnie Raitt breezes into my hotel room, ignores the two chairs I've set up to talk, and plops down on my bed, Doc Martens and all. She pulls two pillows from under the cover to prop up her back and then catches herself. "Oh," she says with an apologetic grimace. "These are your pillows...
...high-profile failures of German companies this year. They include the construction firm Philipp Holzmann, aircraft producer Fairchild Dornier and office supply firm Herlitz. The bankruptcies reflect not only a stagnating economy, but also the reluctance of German banks - facing international pressure to make money for shareholders - to prop up failing enterprises. The government's inability to save the companies is also...
...vigilant security at airports since Sept. 11 is necessary, though that doesn't mean they censor themselves from griping loudly about the longer lines and interminable waits. Their frustration has been heard by luggagemakers, who have rushed into service a variety of conveniences to improve the situation--and to prop up their bottom lines, since they have suffered along with other travel-related industries. Samsonite, for one, will soon debut a roll-on bag complete with a padded seat that fits on the top of the suitcase so the traveler can take a load off during the hours before takeoff...
...OPENING THE VALVE A small balloon was snaked along the wire and inflated with fluid to prop open the valve...