Word: portrayals
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...ought to consider pornography (such as the Pi Eta letter) as a question of competing rights to free speech. We must weigh the rights of the pornographers against the rights of women who are silenced by pornography--who must live in fear of the sexual violence which pornographers portray as erotic and enjoyable...
...Hart claims he was calling for an American withdrawal from Lebanon, he actually voted to extend their mission for another six months. By feeding these examples to the press, Mondale aides hope to depict Hart as a feckless McGovernite who has learned the "wrong lesson" from Viet Nam. Aides portray Mondale, by contrast, as a steady hand who knows what it is like to have the nuclear-weapons-code briefcase at the ready. A Mondale ad shows a red phone ringing in the night and asks the voters who should answer...
...missteps intensified the aura of ethical laxity that has clung to the Reagan Administration from its earliest days. The cumulative impact of questionable dealings and pressured resignations by Reagan appointees has not seemed to hurt the President. But as the November election approaches, the Democrats are certain to portray Reagan as unduly tolerant of misfeasance by his underlings...
...this welter of charge and countercharge, Hart can no longer portray himself as financial underdog to the lavishly funded Mondale. Quite the contrary; it is Mondale who is now being forced into some unaccustomed penny-pinching. Hoping to lock up the nomination early, Mondale spent heavily on the early contests; by the end of March his outlays will total about $12.5 million, and federal law permits him to use only $7.7 million more before the convention. Finance Chairman Timothy Finchem insists that will be enough to stage an effective drive through the late primaries and caucuses, but in Mondale...
...public's right to know outweighs the intrusive and potentially disruptive impact of television coverage on a court proceeding and its principal participants. The problem may be particularly delicate in rape cases, because the victim is often stigmatized, both by the assault and by defense strategies that portray her as a ready partner. Says Stephanie Roth of New York Women Against Rape: "Going through a rape trial can be like going through a rape again.'' Many attorneys and social activists claim that the intense national focus on the New Bedford trial has discouraged women from pursuing rape...