Word: portrayal
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...Krupnik was not simply a professor —he was also a writer, a profession Lowry could obviously portray accurately. Mr. Krupnik would always carry around a notebook with him to record what he called “the human scene.” His habit was one that was based on Lowry’s own experience. “I do usually write things down,” Lowry says, “and many of those observations find their ways into books sometimes years later...
...Saddam's last speech had invoked Arab grandeur, Iraqi patriotism and Islamic ideals, tapping into old dreams as Saddam cast himself as a latter-day Saladdin, the Muslim warrior who drove the Crusaders out of Jerusalem. The footage of his walkabout had likewise sought to portray him as the valiant Arab knight. The footage showed Iraqis mobbing Saddam, chanting his praises and bending to kiss his hand. As a pistol in a leather holster dangled from his belt, Saddam pumped his fist in a power salute and wiped away what might have been a tear...
...impression that rather than going to war, the U.S. was off to the Super Bowl, with Tommy Franks as our grizzled football coach. War is not a spectator sport; it is a gruesome, horrific process. And it might be less likely if the media did not so enthusiastically portray the warriors and their machines. DANIEL L. COX San Francisco...
Absent from this year’s pageant was the controversy surrounding last year’s event, when some students voiced concerns about the way beauty pageants portray women...
Jordan R. Berkow ’03 convincingly portrays the young orphan, Nena. Her slim frame and knock-kneed walk portray the tortured innocent of the kidnapped child whom Orlando houses in his basement where he repeatedly abuses her. Amazingly, Berkow is able to portray the child, first wide-eyed and slightly frightened, later battered and animalistic, and finally returning to the childlike innocence of her first appearance before becoming a participant in the daily humiliations surrounding her. And she does most of this without uttering much more than a few words...