Word: mainstreaming
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...book basically says that the mainstream media have many different biases, including sensationalism and negativity and sex, but asking whether the mainstream media have a liberal or a conservative bias is like asking if the problem with al-Qaeda is whether they use too much oil in their hummus. The problem with al-Qaeda is that they want to kill us. The problem with the media is that they have all these other biases...
...growing awareness of social-anxiety disorders in children and research that shows ways they can be helped, more and more parents, pediatricians and schoolteachers are turning to local programs like Peer Play Groups to teach social and emotional skills. They see them as a way to assist otherwise mainstream kids in overcoming the excruciating pain of feeling left...
...which are all names you know if you're not pregnant," says Mavridis. "Girls grab the clothes, get into the dressing room and then say, 'Why do these fit funny?'" The would-be clients are often embarrassed by their mistake, but Marin County's pregnant fashionistas are thrilled that mainstream designers are finally creating clothes for their expanding waistlines. Over the past two years, couturiers like Chaiken, Diane von Furstenberg, Lilly Pulitzer and Anna Sui have all made their maternity-wear debuts...
...Twenty years after Rattle's emergence, there are fewer opportunities for mainstream classical artists to build big careers. But there are still ways. Competitions, famous mentors, and serious but well- promoted labels like EMI's Debut series prevent crossovers from completely crowding out serious talent. And every so often someone with that indefinable touch of brilliance comes along. Time has chosen three new sensations from the current crop: twentysomethings with the interpretive insight, technique and, yes, charisma to sell records for the next 50 years - and become truly great artists along the way. Lang Lang, 21, China. Lang Lang plays...
While average Americans are likely to view such machinations as far removed from their own lives, the world of high fashion is hardly divorced from the mainstream. A rarefied few may see designer runway shows in Paris and Milan, but the models who make an impression there secure editorial work at widely circulated magazines like Vogue and Marie Claire and eventually end up in images that pervade daily life, whether it's in a nationwide advertising campaign or as the host of a show...