Word: portrayed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Dukakis chose a native Texan, say Sen. Lloyd Bentsen, as his running mate, Texas would almost certainly vote Democrat. Bentsen, born and bred in Texas, would portray Bush as the true prep-school Northerner he really is. With another choice, Texans would quickly turn from the part-time Texan with three homes around the United States. Besides, Bush just put down the state's hero...
...recent efforts to stampede state legislatures into enacting anti-takeover laws, businesses like USX (formerly US Steel) have piously invoked their "attachments" and "responsibilities" to communities in which they are located. After years of shamelessly packing up their businesses and moving whenever profits dictated, these businesses are attempting to portray themselves as benefactors, interested only in the good of the community...
Howe said the attempt to portray Vellucci as a more "progressive" candidate would not work. "I have substantive issues to stand on," she said. She also criticized Vellucci's State House attendance record...
Another alternative is the fraternities. These organizations--which include Zeta Psi and Alpha Delta Phi--portray themselves as small, quiet fraternities with deep historic roots. All say they are not drinking clubs or business networks--descriptions often used to characterize the final clubs. "Their exclusive activities are what we don't want," says Zeta Psi pledge Daniel Ramos '91 of the clubs. "Our activities will be open to everyone...
...Jackson slowly moderates his rhetoric, there is a tendency to portray him as merely a flamboyant heir to Hubert Humphrey's free-spending domestic liberalism. There is truth to this contention, but there is also a clear parallel to another political leader: Ronald Reagan...