Mr. Cohen begins to reveal his hand here, and he plays it later, when the play shifts suddenly to a mini-portrait of a British intellectual, Brenda Goodsen Louisa Flaningamm), who at first appears reasonable but is later exposed as a bile-filled anti-Semite.
We Are Not Amused To the Editor: "The Scourge of Zabar's" (New York Observed, Dec. 28), an essay about practices used by the author's mother in returning unwanted merchandise and food, was nothing more than a mini-portrait of disgusting, not amusing, behavior.
Instead, they launched a movement to self-illustrate the book, inserting mini-portraits of the book's subjects into their personal copies, handy placeholders to give their imaginations a rest.
Still, for baseball fans, the cards are fascinating mini-portraits of the players in their time, tiny windows into a momentous transition under way not just in baseball, but America more broadly.
There are vigorous mini-portraits of archetypal 20th-century snobs, such as the diarist James Lee-Milne and the novelist Anthony Powell.
Mr. Hatcher added that he made sure to include some "salt and pepper": not just information that reveals the personality of the speaker, but also mini-portraits of those being talked about, to add more views and traits to the mix.
DNA USA A Genetic Portrait of America.
While we were haggling, a similarly robed mommish-looking lady draped a purple cloth over a TV tray in front of me, then set up a little mini shrine with a portrait of Beloved, a scented candle, and some big orange flowers.
Nor is a self-portrait a portrait of the artist in front of himself. 5.
Under pressure from Republicans and conservative groups, CBS is weighing a decision to scrap a completed four-hour mini-series, "The Reagans," an unflattering portrait of former President Ronald Reagan and his wife, Nancy, according to a person involved in the production.
B1 Neediest Cases B6 FASHION B11 ARTS E1-10 CBS Weighs Canceling Series CBS, under pressure from Republicans and conservative groups, is weighing a decision to scrap a completed four-hour mini-series, "The Reagans," an unflattering portrait of former President Ronald Reagan and his wife, Nancy, according to a person involved in the production.
