Word: personae
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...comfortable in a virtual world than a real one. Not that they find this to be far from the mark.“You picture this stereotypical archetype of the nerd iconoclast who probably hasn’t seen sun in several days, [who] just puts on this badass persona when he logs on and makes fun of other people because he has no power to do it in real life,” Casagrande admits, adding, “It really is true.”However, Nadler isn’t quite as willing to accept the stigmatization...
...What Craigslist offers is the opportunity to meet such women without any of the consequences of doing it in person. And this possibility drives him—and others like him—to fill the message boards with their specifications. Yet the discontinuity between public persona and private desires can be dangerous. One of the fundamental assumptions of Craigslist, what makes it so amusing for the rest of us, is that everyone is taking himself seriously. When people start posting or responding flippantly, the whole model unravels. Anonymity in expression fails to coincide with anonymity in action?...
...movie is strong. Emile Hirsch, popularized by teen movies like “The Girl Next Door” and “Alpha Dog,” gives an amazing performance as the lead in this substantially more serious film. A dead-on match for McCandless, his persona on screen is moody enough to capture the societal angst of his character. With a bristly face and a slightly ironic tone, Hirsch might have the angry post-grad down better than Jake Gyllenhaal. Sean Penn, directing his fifth feature film, likely used some of his celebrity muscle to pull...
...PERSONA--THE bandito mustache, the Stetson hat--screamed "bold adventurer dude," and with good reason. Self-taught American explorer Douglas (Gene) Savoy, called "the real Indiana Jones" by PEOPLE magazine, discovered more than 40 lost cities in Peru, including the storied Vilcabamba, thought to have been the last refuge of the Incas as they fled Spanish conquistadors. Archaeologists who said some of his findings had already been established by locals were dismissed by Savoy, who called them "fuddy-duddy academics." Scientists, he said, "tell you what you have found, but you have to find it in the first place...
...Iraqi law. This would effectively close down private security companies. There is no reason the State Department cannot provide its own security; State security officers are under diplomatic immunity. If there's a questionable shooting, the Iraqi government at least will have the satisfaction of declaring the shooter persona non grata under the Vienna Convention...