Word: personae
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Rumsfeld was an ogre for the anti-war movement in the West, in Iraq he was never anything like a bogeyman. Only a few Western-educated politicians really understand the role of a U.S. Secretary of Defense, and what power it commands. Rumsfeld's persona - that dismissive arrogance that so infuriated his critics at home - was usually lost in translation on Arabic-language...
...have a business side to me, but most of all I would say I’m creative,” he says. “What I do stems from creativity.” Sahagun’s friends agree that it’s his persona that has led to early success. “He’s really motivated,” says Lauren E. Yapp ’09. “I think the idea is really good in itself, but also that Allan’s personality is probably responsible for its success...
...Republican is incumbent Senator Conrad Burns, a man with the quintessential “aw, shucks” persona. Amidst volunteers who have come to Montana for the final 72 hours of this closely watched campaign, Burns holds an unfathomably large potato above his head and discusses the relative advantage that Montana nematodes—whatever they are—hold over Idaho’s, and how the bountiful seed potatoes they make often go unrecognized. Making the rounds, he jokes that a recent Smith College graduate looks pregnant. (In fairness, she has something lodged in the front pocket...
...expected, Diddy’s new album “Press Play” is stuffed with upbeat tracks and A-list cameos that reflect his flamboyant and entrepreneurial persona. Featuring appearances from Kanye West, Pharrell, will.i.am, Mario Winans, Just Blaze, Nicole Scherzinger, Christina Aguilera, Big Boi, Ciara, Timbaland, Twista, Shawnna, Nas, Cee-Lo, Brandy, Keyshia Cole, Jamie Foxx and Mary J. Blige, it is safe to say that it cannot help but generate some quality songs...
...political activism, including singing at special concerts and fundraisers for Bill Clinton, Streisand has lately become even more entrenched in progressive causes. Her personal blog reads like the DailyKos, filled with statements about the upcoming midterm election. Furthermore, her political beliefs are also becoming part of her onstage persona as never before. No longer content with mediocre renditions of standards, Streisand’s new tour now includes a professional George W. Bush impersonator, who engages in an extended skit with Streisand in which the president is depicted as a bumbling moron...