Word: portray
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...language of alien rulers. This is nowhere more true than in the realms of the former British empire. Artists know that ancestral tongues or patois, even when they survive, could not reach a wide audience, while English puts them on a world stage. When John Millington Synge wanted to portray hatred of England's dominance in his native Ireland, he nonetheless wrote in English rather than Gaelic. When Mustapha Matura depicts his native Trinidad, he uses English -- indeed, he has lived in England since 1961 -- although his plays acknowledge that it is the language of past slavery and present subordination...
...Tutor hiring at Dunster has been conducted under the highest standards, and we are proud of our tutorial staff who are uniformly outstanding in their qualifications and dedication to the House. There have been no improprieties in our choice of tutors, despite the dogged attempts of The Crimson to portray this situation...
...interplay between Daren Firestone and Lizzy Marlantes, who portray the newly engaged Mortimer and Elaine, is sarcastic and sexy. As the only level-headed characters in the play, Firestone and Marlantes hold their own as a comic couple. Marlantes draws as much humor as she can out of a role which is overwhelmed by the hyperactivity of the others...
...This is not a movie set," Costa said. "There must be a real connection with the school for filming to occur. Sometimes these are not the best movies, and they don't always portray Harvard in the best light...
...policy, especially on gays. The President stumbled into a faux pas on the issue during a press conference last week when he said, in response to a reporter's question, that he would consider separating members of the military according to sexual orientation. While the White House tried to portray his remarks as indicative only of his open-mindedness, both sides in the debate promptly condemned the idea...