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...devastating effect of both Hill's and Thomas' testimony. Cool and unflappable, Hill looked the Senators in the eye and handled every question without hesitation. Her hands folded on the lap of her teal blue dress, her demeanor polite, cooperative and never defensive, she painted a vivid and sobering portrait of what it means to be victimized by sexual harassment -- from the fears, embarrassments and humiliations she experienced to the repercussions it had on her work, health and career choices. Given the detail and consistency of her testimony, it was almost inconceivable that Hill, rather than describing her own experiences...
...most moving aspect of Hill's testimony was the vivid portrait she painted of the vulnerability, humiliation and frustration she experienced while working under such conditions. "It wasn't as though it happened every day," Hill explained. "But I went to work during certain periods knowing that it might happen." She spoke of her fear of being squeezed out of good assignments, losing her job, maybe even not being able to find any job at all within the Reagan Administration if she continued to resist Thomas' alleged overtures. At one point, she said, the stress she experienced from the tension...
...CINEMA: Portrait of an Artist...
...these stories cause you to suspect that the New Comics project a bleak portrait of reality--or alternate realities--you're right. Beauty does make an occasional appearance in these pages. But the thematic wholeness of this anthology stems from its hopelessness and nihilism...
...Priest--is the portrait of a village choked to death by ideology. At the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts at 24 Quincy St. Call...