Word: personae
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...mines" of the Pribilof Islands, the salmon canneries, the Klondike gold rush--all these short-lived booms appealed to what New Deal--era Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes once derided as Alaska's "gambling spirit." Palin is now rolling the dice on the national stage with a political persona based in part on her willingness to challenge the big oil companies. To many Americans, it's an appealing pitch, and Palin's record suggests that she has stuck to her guns more than most. But it's also true that her zeal has produced mostly short-term political gains...
...Norah? As incarnated by Dennings, who has come of age nicely since playing Catherine Keener's daughter in The 40 Year-Old Virgin three years ago, she has the poise of a privileged child - getting hit on by guys is just an occupational hazard - and is cocooned in her persona. So she's a good match for Nick, who is beyond being embarrassed by driving a battered yellow Yugo that strangers mistake for a taxi or carrying Handi Wipes in his pocket. They also like the same music, which can unite the most disparate souls. The big problem...
...psychiatrist, convinced that her son is suffering from depression because he’s stopped doing his homework. A nebbishy but precocious nine year-old, his face dwarfed by the trademark horn-rimmed glasses, kid Woody is a charming avatar of his neurotic, anhedonic adult persona. “The universe is everything,” he says by means of justification. “And if it’s expanding, someday it will break apart—and that would be the end of everything.” His mother butts in: “What is that...
...week's end but are still reacting to the John McCain onslaught rather than driving the agenda and news cycle. McCain's self-engineered and Palin-fueled metamorphosis from experienced veteran to reformer-with-results maverick has proved effective, if risky. Obama has yet to cement his political persona--even as the electorate is readying its final judgment. McCain has stuck with an overarching strategy of defining Obama as "not what he seems." Meanwhile, Democrats have lurched from wide-ranging criticisms of Palin (her experience, her intelligence, her integrity) to competing assaults on McCain (his policies, his campaign maneuvers) with...
...Without fear of the [U.S.] empire, I stand before the Bolivian people today and declare United States Ambassador Mr. Goldberg persona non grata," Morales said Wednesday afternoon, in a speech inaugurating a youth employment program. "We don't want people here who conspire against our unity. We don't want people who threaten our democracy...