Word: portrayal
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...unlikely to change even if the U.S. pulls off regime change in Baghdad. As much as the U.S. - and many Palestinians too - would like to see regime change in Palestine, it won't happen so long as Israeli tanks keep the West Bank in lockdown and allow Arafat to portray himself as a martyr. And without a new Palestinian leadership, a Palestinian state and a lasting settlement in Israel will remain a mirage. That, of course, may be in Sharon's interests. But isn't it time to say that it's not in ours...
...Lula would not have "made it to where he is if he were a retard, as so many still try to portray him," writes Nahum Sirotsky, a veteran Brazilian journalist and former aide to Brazilian ambassadors in the United States and Israel. Which is a way of saying that the PT man understands the reality of international capital flows. Any domestic program that results in a default or an onerous restructuring of the debt will put him in an extremely difficult position to pursue the progressive policies on which he has campaigned...
...Cooper and King are convinced that Ankhesenamen and Tut were a close couple. They were half-siblings and had known each other from childhood. The paintings in Tut's tomb portray them as a loving pair, and the fact that their unborn children were mummified is unusual. Says King: "These are signs of a close family unit...
Even though it’s tempting to portray the victims of Sept. 11 as martyrs who gave their lives so that Americans could come together, this simply isn’t the truth. While there were hundreds of government workers who died serving their country, the deaths of the vast majority of the victims had nothing to do with serving their country or with patriotism; they were just going about their everyday lives without thinking of America or global politics...
Politician Shintaro Ishihara likes to portray himself as a friend of the common man. Certainly he's no friend of Japan's sinking banks. Last week, the outspoken governor of Tokyo jolted the financial community by threatening to withdraw $14.4 billion of the Tokyo government's money from Mizuho Bank, one of Japan's largest. If Mizuho, which is burdened with $19.4 billion in bad debt, does not clean up its act, Ishihara warned, he'll take his business elsewhere, even to U.S.-based Citigroup. "One thing we must consider is whether a financial institution is safe," Ishihara says. "Another...