Word: portrayal
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Congressional Democrats must feel a little disoriented by the emerging battle over how to pay for this year's fix for the Alternative Minimum Tax. The party that usually never misses an opportunity to portray itself as the champion of the working class suddenly isn't so wild about making a certain share of wealthy Americans pony up more cash to alleviate the impact of the AMT on millions of middle-class Americans. And for once, the Dems will be downright relieved if President Bush delivers on his veto threat, in this case effectively taking the difficult decision...
...rate. As long as the employment stays basically full--say, under 5.5%--I see no major crisis in the housing market. Yes, we have a subprime issue. Yes, we have a lot of investors who got hung out, but I don't see the crisis the way the media portray it. And consequently, as long as employment stays strong, I don't see any issue as far as rental housing is concerned. Our apartment company continues to rent at 95%. We continue to see same-store-sales increases from one year to the next. I don't think that...
...academics. In his talk, entitled “‘Slaves at Large’: Slavery and the Emancipation Process in the U.S.” Hahn, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania, suggested that the divide between North and South was not as distinct as historians portray it, and that emancipation was a longer and more gradual process. Hahn emphasized the importance of looking at the Civil War period with this fresh point of view, in order to explore ideas usually overlooked. For example, rather than looking at the Northern emancipation and the Southern emancipation as distinct...
...pressure from parents who encourage their daughters to pursue the training. Kumar adds that because of the role that dance plays in Indian culture, “Kalpanam” dancers and crew face an additional challenge. “It is a big responsibility to portray it in the correct form,” she says...
...line, and it’s reasonable that somewhat excessive measures could come into play. In all honesty, what is the real difference (disregarding legality, of course) between a Red Bull for us and a steroid for them? The motivations are the same, and the attempt to portray steroids some sort of perversion of our own hyper-striving culture is an unfair...