Word: betraying
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...that I was raised in. Abramoff is a poseur, disgracing and shaming other Jews by his deceitful actions. Sharon Zeidan Los Angeles It is high time that congress be held accountable to the laws it is sworn to protect. The old slap-on-the-wrist attitude about those who betray the public trust is in part to blame for this disgrace. Another reason is the never-ending need for politicians to raise money. Voters must demand meaningful campaign-finance reform. Elected officials found guilty of accepting bribes belong in jail like all other crooks. They should forfeit their costly, publicly...
Similarly, Emilia (Anna M. Resnick ’09) remains the loyal servant and wife, yet she is so embittered by the abuse of her husband Iago, that her decision to betray her mistress (with whom she also spars to comic effect) can be interpreted as a desperate attempt to find acceptance and emotional warmth. The play even manages to give Bianca (Julia C.W. Chan ’05), more dimension than that of an innocent whore; here, she is painted a desperate idealist, capable of more passion than her one-dimensional exterior amiability in the original work would have...
...result of its exuberant humor, “Ruddigore” parties like it is 1889. It is difficult to think of figures more quintessentially Victorian than Gilbert and Sullivan, and this production admirably does not betray their spirit...
...literature like Dickens’ “Oliver Twist,” the conservative choice for a director is to keep the work as loyal to the source material as possible. The truly great directors, such as Roman Polanski, go a step beyond. These directors will never completely betray the original work, yet they give the film a signature feel, whether it is by altering the story to shed new light on the characters or simply creating a rich visual world for the characters to inhabit...
...work on display. Many of the town's famous sculpture studios seem to prioritize commercial expedience over artistic tradition, and put a chaotic jumble of tat on sale?you'll come across everything from Christmas decorations to carvings of decidedly non-native lions and giraffes. The paintings also betray a m?lange of foreign influences, with pseudo-Impressionism and faux-Expressionism finding particular favor among local daubers targeting the tourist dollar...