Word: portrayal
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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When the ever venturesome Stephen Sondheim said his new musical would portray people who killed, or tried to kill, U.S. Presidents, even fans of his acerbic wit and nonpareil invention wondered how such a show could be put together. The work that opens off-Broadway this week amply, at times brilliantly, demonstrates how. The question that lingers...
...commander of the allied forces in the gulf. "Having done that, if the situation is promising, he would launch a counteroffensive. If not, having inflicted these casualties, he would rely on American public opinion to bring this whole thing to an end. And all this time he tries to portray himself as a hero to what he perceives as a supportive Arab world...
Overall the exhibit is thought provoking and commendable for its contrasting styles and depictions of the urban existence. Because the artists portray varying understandings of the city, the misconception of a "typical" metropolis and its effects is shattered by the diversity of the show. In the end, the exhibit relays as much of the individual ideals of the artists as it does of common perceptions of the city...
...linkage is basically a semantic exercise, and the offers of explicit linkage carried by middlemen like the French and the Algerians could at any time be used by Saddam to save face. Were he to decide to leave Kuwait, the list of creative ways for the Iraqi leader to portray himself heroically is virtually limitless -- and some in Washington indicate that an attack may not occur for several weeks, in the hope that Saddam will finally come to his senses...
Tosteson says that some faculty were concerned that the series would not be able to portray the curriculum accurately. He says he supported the project, and was fairly pleased with the first show...