Word: portrayal
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Judge Slams Microsoft Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson is not amused. He severely scolded Microsoft for its attempt to portray special master Lawrence Lessig as biased and have him thrown off the case. The Hearing Blow-by-Blow TIME: Target: Microsoft FORTUNE Online Poll: Microsoft Products and Practices
Holm responds to this challenge with a solid, subtle performance. His challenge is to portray grief without obvious emotional excess. Holm, the actor best known for his supporting role in Chariots of Fire, seems resigned and defeated. His gravelly voice shows that he is a man defeated by life, merely performing his job out of custom. He only rises from his dejection when forced to show anger, the only emotion that he has left...
...modern welfare state must have their say in any critique that attempts to synthesize the sociological with the epistemological; certainly, the post-modern ontology would seem to suggest as much. By taking up the discourse on race, Cotton also makes the mistake of intertwining alternative discourses in ways which portray them as out-of- phase and fundamentally misaligned. But are they truly so, or is there a hidden subtext to this arrangement? --Leo J. Kallop, GSAS
Readers have indicated to me that additional information was missing in The Crimson's coverage. One reader suggested that profiles of one grape grower and one ex-grape worker were insufficient to portray either their respective sides of the debate or the controversies surrounding worker conditions. The context of grapes as a national issue was conspicuously absent. Crimson readers have told me that they had not heard of the grape boycott before it became an issue at Harvard. A more thorough examination of the historical prominence and symbolism of the grape boycott would have put the issue in context...
...that said, there are some excellent reasons to see this film, namely Kevin Spacey as the mysterious, simmering Jim Williams and, of course, the extraordinary Lady Chablis. Spacey was an inspired choice to portray the enigmatic, self-made Southern gentleman. His regal Georgia accent is as delicate as spun honey when he purrs, "Living here pisses off all the right people." And, in vintage Spacey style, that quiet, unflappable composure sets us up for a chilling revelation of his underlying volatility...