Word: personae
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...After the top three, a huge pack of nominees vied for attention. Most prominent were people recognized collectively: the citizens and the city of New York ("I know that it isn't a person - it's a persona" ... "Often touted as the icon of the impersonal, New York showed the world what it truly means to be human"); its rescue workers, police and firemen (" No foe could ever hope to vanquish a nation capable of producing men and women such as these"); the victims of the attack ("They showed us the American spirit even as they died: bravery, love...
...actors’ jobs almost too easy. The mood is firmly set before his actors grace the screen, and they seem to effortlessly slide into their roles, feeding off the director’s rhythms. Clooney riffs on his rugged, cocky Out of Sight character, but reigns in his persona to match the film’s ambience, and lends a sentimentality to Ocean’s reasons for pulling the job. Danny wants to bring down Terry Benedict (Andy Garcia), the owner of all three casinos, because he’s dating Tess, and thanks to Clooney?...
...illustrious Harvard career, Douthat surprisingly mentions his social accomplishments before talking about pieces he’s written. “I am most proud of the fact that I have made—and kept—friends, in spite of the fact that my public persona is to disagree with everyone here.” At once, this statement demonstrates the enigma that is Douthat; equal parts self-assured philosopher, edgy politician, and aspiring author, he is ultimately far too thoughtful not to take the hype surrounding his persona without a grain of proverbial salt...
...seem to stop the suitors. There is something about her soft voice and twinkling eyes that screams vulnerable, but the real Angie is far from the little woman. The innocence is how she reels you into her story before she unleashes her all-knowing, all-powerful persona. Angie is the only FM writer alive who is persuasive enough to convince friends to divulge their problems with ectasy, yearning to relive childhood stardom and passion for going down on girls. Ang, as she is affectionately known, is loved by all of Harvard’s lot from...
...Officer Lockstock, Jeff McCarthy anchors, and just about steals, the show with his booming voice, towering presence and chameleon-like persona. In the last scene, his line reading of “Yes, Little Sally, yes it is,” left me chuckling for days. I’m laughing right now in recalling it to write this sentence...