In profiles, he likes to lacerate himself – though also his interviewers – as a guilty, hypocritical liberal.
In "Profiles in Courage," Kennedy wrote about lawmakers who risked their careers by taking principled stands.
In profiles, much was made of Yorke's childhood difficulties, the fact that he was born with one eye fixed shut and only subsequently half-opened by a series of failed operations.
*** Since Sanders does not speak much about his past, there are few sports references in profiles about him.
"Father Phil" and "Father Dan" were on the cover of Time magazine and illuminated in profiles by the smartest writers.
The author meanders through politics, religion and other disciplines, tossing in profiles of noted ramblers like Wordsworth and Kierkegaard.
He can come across in profiles as surly, entitled and aggrieved.
For example, No Child Left Behind already requires states to include the test scores of handicapped students in profiles of a school's success.
On the pages of Photoplay, stars could appear to speak directly to their fans, either in "authored" pieces or in profiles and biographies.
While Scovell is often described in profiles as the co-author of the book, her name is absent from its cover.
The use of anonymous quotes is widespread within newspapers and is, I think, particularly insidious when used to snipe at public figures in profiles.
