Word: portraited
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...painting, an oval portrait of a member of the Dana family, was "a work of historical interest," but not very valuable, Slive added...
...historical figure or chooses a camera angle, he is shaping the facts to serve a personal point of view. The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald, for example, was scrupulously researched but managed to transform history into nonsense. Washington: Behind Closed Doors, for all its fictionalizations, presented a symbolically credible portrait of moral chaos in Nixon's White House. Both King and Ruby and Oswald claim to be based on fact -and contain obvious inaccuracies. But such things matter less than the grand design-the overall impression that the facts, both real and suspect, deliver...
...Silky Veils of Ardor," the last song on Joni Mitchell's newest album, Don Juan's Reckless Daughter. Throughout her career, Mitchell has been traveling--a hitcher, a wanderer, a tourist, a pilgrim with no destination. Her albums are not so much a chronicle of her travels as a portrait of the traveler. And the traveler is slowly, sadly, desperately slipping away...
...boss, Yuri Andropov, took command in 1967, and in 1973 became the first KGB head since Stalin's dreaded Lavrenti Beria to join the ruling Politburo. Andropov, 63, is said to admire modern art and to be a witty conversationalist who speaks fluent English-a portrait that contrasts with his harsh actions as Moscow's Ambassador to Hungary during the 1956 uprising. Under Andropov, says one Western analyst, "the thugs are being weeded...
...girl's peculiar heroism. The humor can be found in Innaurato's sassy dialogue, which gives new resonance to the lingo of '40s movies, and in the many vintage U.S.O. routines that dot the film's narrative. Underneath the surface wit is Innaurato's portrait of Verna's aching loneliness and cultural malaise. When Verna, for the sake of her nonexistent career, jilts an Army captain whom she loves, she ceases to be a colorful eccentric and becomes a tragic victim of her bankrupt, fan-magazine values. By the time the film reaches...