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Word: portrayer (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...largest winery in the world, is expected to take over the No. 1 position this year with its heavily advertised Bartles & Jaymes citrus cooler. Customers have been lured by its homespun TV ads, in which laconic Non-Actors Dave Rufkahr, an Oregon farmer, and Richard Maugg, a California contractor, portray the fictional characters of Frank Bartles and Ed Jaymes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Blithe Spirits for the Sober Set | 8/18/1986 | See Source »

...vote recommending Rehnquist's elevation came as Republicans easily beat back an attempt by liberal Democrats to portray him as too extreme to lead the U.S. court system...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Senate Committee Recommends Justices | 8/15/1986 | See Source »

Nobody should know better than Hagura. As the expansion-minded head of Dai- Ichi Kangyo, he oversees a vast network of offices from Chicago to Caracas and Madrid to Melbourne. Dai-Ichi Kangyo tries to portray itself as a friendly institution. Its slogan: "The Bank with a Heart." Like most major Japanese banking concerns, it belongs to a keiretsu, an industrial group made up of dozens of interconnected companies. The bank owns stock in the companies and extends them much of the credit they need. The Dai-Ichi Kangyo keiretsu includes such well-known firms as Hitachi, Isuzu and Kawasaki...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Money Masters From the East | 8/11/1986 | See Source »

...candidate, who has tried to portray the race as a competition between his own famous name and Kennedy's, said he had committed $7,000 for time at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, July...

Author: By Martha A. Bridegam, WITH WIRE DISPATCHES | Title: Kennedy Nixes Roosevelt Offer | 6/26/1986 | See Source »

Bachrach, on the other hand needs to do some creating. And his campaign has attempted to portray this powerful Massachusetts politician as the outsider, who will fight all the bigwigs in Washington for "YOUR" rights. The Bachrach message is, here's a scruffy, street-smart kid, who's not going to be put off by anybody even if the name is Kennedy...

Author: By Jonathan M. Moses, | Title: Follow the Leader | 6/22/1986 | See Source »

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