Word: portrayal
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...family has reputedly been run by Gigante, 62, who operates out of a seedy social club in Greenwich Village. Gigante is rarely seen in public without his trademark bathrobe and slippers, which he allegedly wears to feign mental illness and avoid prosecution. Despite such behavior, federal agents portray Gigante as the CEO of a conglomerate-like enterprise. He has been linked to activities as diverse as record-industry extortion, the improper sale of taxicab meters and the defrauding of a credit union...
Sutherland, one of the most promising young actors in modern movies, gives a brilliant performance as Nelson. He beautifully captures the psychological nuances of a sophisticated character. His acting genius is borne out by his ability to portray a young man simultaneously arrogant and self-loathing, passionate and cold. The movie is nearly two hours long, and it is largely Sutherland's presence that suspends the audience...
...portray a people? For this week's cover story, senior writer Lance Morrow and Jerusalem bureau reporter Jamil Hamad avoided the politicians who regularly define the Palestinian cause. "Rhetoric in the Middle East has an elaborate life of its own," explains Morrow. "It tends to obscure the truth." Instead of gathering familiar slogans, the two constructed their group portrait from the personal tales of a wide array of ordinary Palestinians. Says Hamad: "We decided to let readers judge for themselves the fears and dreams that filled our notebooks...
...media continue to reshape life. Still, the very ubiquity of information technologies has also exposed their limitations. Businesses and policymakers, awash in data and images, have discovered that information is not useful without expertise. With the most sophisticated intelligence-gathering tools at its disposal, the CIA could not accurately portray the disarray of the Soviet economy or predict the collapse of communism. Instead of making people redundant, the high-tech economy has only underscored the irreplaceable contributions of human knowledge and common sense...
...Absence of Religion and Morality (AALARM) to Peninsula to the executive board of the Harvard Republican Club, have launched a vocal campaign against what they describe as a single, univocal campus left. Concentrating their attacks on gay rights and women's rights, these groups have sought to portray themselves as embattled crusaders for morality in a spiritual wasteland...