Word: portrayal
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When my brother died in Iraq, we accepted his death with grace and reverence for his service. Sheehan's conduct is embarrassing and dishonorable. The media portray her as a hero, a David vs. a Goliath. I see a weak woman who has sacrificed her son's honor in favor of indulging her pain and furthering her own political agenda. When Sheehan accuses the President of killing her son while she gives a pass to the Iraqi insurgent who actually ambushed him, she disgraces those of us who have carried on with honor. What a shame that Sheehan has become...
...hate the way they portray us in the media. If you see a black family, it says they're looting. See a white family, it says they're looking for food...
Despite Carell’s top-billing, this is much more an ensemble piece. It doesn’t hurt that Rudd, Rogen—who Apatow mined from the aforementioned TV shows—and relative unknown Malco are natural comedians. Rogen portrays the sarcastic semi-tough guy with just the right attitude. Rudd plays a sensitive but jaded and spurned lover/stalker as a combination of his character in Anchorman and just about every other nice-guy role Rudd does. Malco is given the hardest task—to portray the overused stock character, “playa?...
...That, says one source close to the CEO, "got Fu's attention, absolutely." For all the efforts of those opposed to CNOOC to portray it as part of a government monolith immune to commercial pressures, Fu and his managers have run one of the most transparent?and shareholder-friendly?companies in the new China. It stung when the largest private shareholder dumped its stake and publicly decried the possibility of a deal. Facts on the ground were piling up, and soon Fu began to prepare his retreat...
During the original trial, lawyers for Pring-Wilson had sought to portray Colono’s stabbing as an act of self-defense. But an important part of that strategy—presenting the allegedly violent past histories of Colono and his cousin, who was also at the scene—was blocked by Quinlan...