He was perceived as a great writer and hero who had defied the Russian authorities.
He was perceived by orchestral players and audiences as a budget-label conductor.
He was perceived as playing second fiddle to his charismatic co-chief operating officer, Robert W. Pittman.
He was perceived as a commonsense person with no airs and graces, who eschewed chauffeur-driven cars, preferring to come to work by train from Bishop's Stortford.
He was perceived by many voters as an anticorruption politician, but he remained vague about how he would tackle the pervasive problem.
He was perceived as a good guy, the same guy who helped the Bulls win three of their six titles with cold-blooded shooting.
"He was perceived as a very popular man," he recalled being told.
"He was perceived that way, and in politics perception becomes reality," Lopez said.
He was perceived to be from an impoverished and undistinguished minor state, barely larger than a small English county.
Now he was perceived as taking sides.
Bach did not care how he was perceived.
