Word: shadowed
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...were a bigger problem than his enemies, and Clinton is finding it to be true. Time and again the President provided big contributors with the sort of encouragement that when presented in business circles in the Far East, might be mistaken for official credentials. This created, in effect, a shadow diplomatic corps. For businessmen abroad, a picture with the President is worth a lot more than a thousand words--or dollars, for that matter. One supporter, Johnny Chung, whose $366,000 in donations qualified him as a "managing trustee" of the Democratic National Committee, made 49 visits to the White...
Foreman is largely absent from the film, partly because in 1974 he was not very good copy; next to Ali he sounded sluggish and luggish. But in his looming silence, Foreman was supernally intimidating--the shadow of death, everyone said, in what would surely be Ali's last, humiliating battle. Before the fight, "Ali's dressing room was like a morgue," says Norman Mailer, who as always is a top cornerman of the intellect, a brilliant intuiter of other men's fear and resolve...
Bill Cosby displayed incredible class in the shadow of the tragic death of his son Ennis [NATION, Jan. 27]. He requested that the media show "dignity." To my amazement, the media responded. There were no more gory shots of Ennis Cosby lying dead in the road. However, it's sad that such a request would probably have gone unheeded had it been someone else's son. Dignity is not accorded the common man by the media. But such insensitive publicity is a practice that must stop. MIMI JONES-ELLISON Coraopolis, Pennsylvania...
Bill Cosby displayed incredible class in the shadow of the tragic death of his son Ennis [NATION, Jan. 27]. He requested that the media show "dignity." To my amazement, the media responded. No more gory shots of his son lying dead in the road. However, I am saddened to note that such a request would probably have gone unheeded had it been someone else's son. Dignity is not allowed the common man by the media. But insensitive publicity is a practice that must stop. MIMI JONES-ELLISON Coraopolis, Pennsylvania...
...Hallow's Eve is not just for kids anymore, and getting out of work a few hours early would allow for more elaborate costumes and decorations. On a more serious note, parents would be able to escort their progeny through the very real dangers that have regrettably cast their shadow over the institution of trick-or-treating...