Word: prop
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...production team transformed the kitchen for every episode. The cabinets were taken out to make room for three television cameras. Her big Norwegian wooden table was removed and in its place was put an island. Technical equipment was located in a side room, and the cellar became a prop room—where Child once ran seven bread machines simultaneously during an episode on French bread...
...sides agree that some stimulus is needed to prop up an economy entering recession, but there is little agreement on what the package should look like. Naturally, Republicans advocate a program of hefty tax cuts for businesses and a quick reduction in national income tax rates. While diehard proponents of Reaganomics salivate over passage of such a plan, it is anathema to most Democrats. Instead of doling out millions to those who need it least—as this seems to be some kind of involuntary reaction to any and all crises for the Republican party—Democrats...
Asani said that the importance of oil to foreign policy in the Middle East causes the U.S. to prop up corrupt regimes, such as that in Saudi Arabia. Mottahedeh added that oil makes Arabs think that the whole Arabian peninsula, and not just Mecca, is sacred...
...ethical reasons, Muslims will support the global initiative against terrorism. But there is a growing perception that autocrats of all types will seize the opportunity to prop up their regimes and deal a severe blow to democratic movements. Russian President Vladimir Putin will use it to defend atrocities in Chechnya, Israel to defend its intransigence and Malaysia its detentions without trial...
Last week in this newspaper I suggested that an appropriate response to Sept. 11 would be a massive development program for the Middle East designed to prop up our ally regimes and strengthen civil society in the region. This week I’d like to suggest a similar domestic program that is not in response to the terrorist attack but is informed by it. Fighting with its gloves off, our government is in the rare and enviable position of ignoring such polite fictions as the Social Security “lockbox” and the desirability of running...