Word: portrayal
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...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...
Taking an extremely caustic and poetic approach to portray the life of barhopping young professionals in his hometown, he experiments here with prose and narrative form to push the boundaries of what we call the “essay...