Word: portrayal
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...opponents are rushing to fill in the blanks. The Bush campaign, in particular, has pushed the theme that Perot was right when he told the New York Times in 1969 that "I'm a direct, action-oriented person, and I'd be terrible in public office." Bush's people portray him as a thin- . skinned and ruthless man who tends to take his goals as holy objectives to be reached by any means available, who sees rivals as evil conspirators to be crushed, and who pursues astonishingly meanspirited vendettas against anyone who crosses him, even in petty matters. Vice President...
Since the audience is clearly meant to take her seriously, it seems counterproductive to portray the messenger figure as a New Age hippie, a stereotype even liberal tree-huggers tend to mock. Is this an ironic undercutting of the fable's hitherto sincere message, or an unintentional lack of artistic imagination? The character is thought-provoking but ultimately unclear in intent and frustrating...
...course a very well-organized and well-paid media war," he says. "Today in Europe it is normal for the Vatican or Austria and Germany to support Croats. It's not normal if Serbs are supporting Serbs." This is the same sense of grievance that makes many Serbs portray themselves as victims encircled by foreign enemies, be it the Pope, an ascendant Fourth Reich or the hand of Islam...
...POSTERS ON ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT," Museum of Modern Art, Rio, May 29 to June 29 Leading graphic designers from 25 countries have contributed posters that portray optimistic visions of sustainable development. Organized by Design Rio, the show will open simultaneously in dozens of galleries around the world...
...essential both that the media not unfairly portray different communities of color as pitted against on another and that it equally acknowledges all communities of color for their stakes and investments in addressing societal and personal racism. Hilda Hernandez-Gravelle Assistant Dean for Race Relations and Minority Affairs