Word: portrayal
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...deceptively dry-looking report, written by a Manhattan law firm and titled Investigation into Sales of Propeller Milling Machines to the Soviet Union by Toshiba Machine Co., Ltd. But its 45 off-white pages portray an industrial intrigue complete with disguised machine tools, secretive meetings, stifled whistle blowers and burned records. The probe, which was commissioned by Tokyo's Toshiba Corp. and released last week, describes for the first time in detail the conspiracy behind the covert sales made to the Soviet Union by Toshiba's subsidiary, Toshiba Machine. It was a crime that the Pentagon claims has helped Soviet...
...counterproductive because in the long run jurisprudence won't change unless the President says, 'I campaigned because we wanted to change the Supreme Court, and Bork represents the kind of judge who will correct the errors the court has made in the past.' " Fein believes the attempt to portray Bork as a moderate will collapse at the hearings as soon as a Judiciary Committee member says to the judge, "The White House says you're just like Powell. Do you agree?" Says Fein: "He can't possibly...
...testifies before the Judiciary Committee, the more persuasive and reasoned his philosophy of judicial restraint will sound." Armed with an agile mind and a caustic wit, Bork is expected to be a formidable opponent for his critics on the committee. "Any Senator who decides to just jump in and portray Bork as some racist, some evil Neanderthal, is going to be in deep trouble," says Republican Committee Member Alan Simpson of Wyoming. Many hopeful conservatives, remembering the turnabout in public opinion during the Iran-contra hearings, envision Bork as "Ollie North without the medals...
...appear as unchallenged truth to everyone embroiled in its practice then. Those who possessed and those who were possessed struggled, like most people at all times, everywhere, to get through their days; neither history nor the exigencies of survival allowed them much time for meditation or outrage. To portray the texture of such lives, a novelist must be willing to forgo reflective indignation and let the characters and details speak for themselves...
Although some right-wing groups have hailed Bork as a kindred conservative who will shift the court to their liking, Reagan has gone out of his way to portray Bork as a moderate in the Powell mold. The White House has distributed to key Senators a briefing book that outlines many of Bork's rulings and proclaims that his appointment to the court "will not alter the balance...