Word: portrayal
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...This is definitely a political issue," said Graham-supporter and Yale Law School Professor E. Donald Elliott. "The Democrats are trying to portray the current administration as being anti-environment...
We’ve all heard the jokes that portray Americans as uncultured country hicks compared to Europeans. We are stupid. We continually make fools of ourselves. We only speak English...
...These may be the key numbers. All of them - retail sales, wholesale prices and especially consumer sentiment and unemployment - seem to portray an economy that is still very weak, with inflation actually declining. First-time unemployment claims hit 392,000, the highest level in five years. Generally, 425,000 to 450,000 is a level that economists generally associate with a recession. And it seems we're headed in that direction...
...conflict as personified in the West Bank town of Hebron [WORLD, March 12]. While I appreciate the artistic and journalistic value of Sacco's piece, I believe that the cartoon medium only serves to make light of the serious circumstances in Israel. No foreign cartoonist can begin to accurately portray the situation. TIME has failed to respect the gravity of the situation. ZACHARY M. BENJAMIN Tampa...
...these fun moments. Molina, Joffe and Rush come from British and Australian stock, and seemed to recognize the moments for what they are - "panto," the tradition of Christmas pantomime. James Woods is gloriously shameless, or perhaps recognizes the American equivalent, which is the way that Johnny Carson would portray Carnak the Magnificent. It's not about the script, just the fun of hamming it up for the audience...