Word: poses
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...majority of Shenyang's legion of disgruntled workers are invisible, but they pose the most serious threat to China's political stability. The city labors under omnipresent police, armed cops patrolling the streets of the industrial zone, gun-toting guards standing sentry in factory doorways, plainclothesmen nosing into every stranger's business. At any sign of citizen anger, party officials respond quickly to keep the city quiet, fixing water mains or repairing broken heaters. The city's new technocratic mayor has permitted small, regular, controlled demonstrations at city hall to let citizens vent their spleen about unpaid pensions and missing...
...people involved in the case, the one who has been most stoical is the defendant. He showed no emotion when the verdicts were read, nor did he react during the testimony of the victims last week. While others wept, he sat at the defense table in his impassive pose, with his chin resting on his hands. Lawyers and spectators were shocked that McVeigh remained so unmoved, and the jury may also have been affected. "McVeigh's demeanor matters," said Larry Pozner, a veteran defense attorney in Denver. "The jurors see everything and forget nothing. The demeanor of Timothy McVeigh will...
...been reading the almanac over and over," says Stein. "I know a lot already, but I hope none of my family is ever a contestant." (His father Herb was chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers under Nixon.) Stein's frequent forays into show biz and his willingness to pose for promotional photos like this one seem to indicate that although he's well versed in economic policy, it's not his first love. "To have Alex Trebek's job," he says, "would be heaven...
Like all great wits, from Oscar Wilde to Gore Vidal, Thompson saw that a pose was more compelling than a personality, not least because it was more consistent. Thus 30 years before he was the defining "gonzo" subject of four biographies and a Hollywood movie, Thompson was a legend in his own mind, playing himself with mean authority. "I've dropped from 190 pounds to 170," he wrote as a teenager, "become a terrible case of nerves, become addicted to coffee--drinking about 20 cups a day--and had to give up cigarettes when I got up to 4 packs...
...only possible way to render accurate images of them. But before Audubon shot them, he watched his subjects intensively, noting how they moved and behaved, the plants or habitats they preferred. When he had his bird in hand, he used wires to arrange the specimen in a characteristic pose...