Word: mirrored
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...times, criticism of America borders on racism. Young people who have grown up enjoying a succession of ingenious Japanese-made consumer products have developed a contempt for anything made by lesser mortals. In addition, many Japanese contend that America is handicapped because it does not mirror Japan's cultural and racial homogeneity, which they believe is largely responsible for the country's high degree of national harmony. The virtues of this harmony are probably overrated, and the disadvantages -- repression, numbing conformity -- are widely ignored. But the myth that racial homogeneity engenders unity is the root of discrimination against anyone...
...lives up to. "It's strong music," she observes, "so I have to move strongly to it, using deeper plies for more power and smoothness." Bezic found the inspiration for her choreography not in any "story" or dramatic line, but simply in the thought of a girl at a mirror realizing that she is now a woman. It seems that when Yamaguchi boards with Bezic to work on the routines, she ends the day in front of the mirror in her room, going over her moves. Her coach calls her an ideal pupil. "She never forgets any nuance," says Bezic...
Another problem concerns Clinton's gender gap. According to a recent Times Mirror survey conducted before the Star's assaults, women are 10 points less supportive of Clinton than men. A Clinton adviser concedes that the gender gap will increase, "at least in the short run." But "up here," says New Hampshire state senator Mary Nelson, "we're hurting so bad economically that I don't think Clinton's personal life will matter much. I don't like infidelity, but we're talking about the presidency, and other issues are more important. This is a test...
These methods mirror the synthesis of the molecules within microorganisms them-selves, Evans says...
...Robert Maxwell case was stranger than most tabloid tales. The Czechoslovak-born press baron had created an empire financed largely through illusion, yet his holdings included the London Daily Mirror, New York City's Daily News and Macmillan, the U.S. book publisher. In assembling his web of 400 companies, Maxwell piled up debts, apparently without unduly alarming the dozens of banks and other lenders that let him borrow a sum now estimated at $7 billion...