The phrase "american framed" is not correct in written English due to the lack of capitalization and clarity in meaning.
It could be used in contexts discussing art, photography, or design, but it needs to be clarified and properly capitalized as "American framed."
Example: "The gallery featured a stunning collection of American framed artworks that captured the essence of the country's culture."
Alternatives: "American-style framing" or "framed in an American style."
It was there, during the campaign to defend the Scottsboro boys, a group of young African-Americans framed for rape in the south, that she joined the American Communist party in which she was later to play a leading role.
For weeks, in a clear bid for moderate, swing voters, Mr. Bush has been tackling issues traditionally dominated by Democrats, pitching programs intended for low-income Americans, framing those initiatives as the actions of a new kind of Republican and italicizing the compassion that he links to his conservatism.
From an American frame of reference, his legend is like a mixture of Bill Mazeroski's home run to win the 1960 World Series and Roberto Clemente's death.
The crammed concrete-walled rooms, the padlocked fences, and the dejected women and children bear the look of circumstances that, aside from an incident like Hurricane Katrina, we prefer to think of as outside the American frame of reference.
To some historians, "no duty to retreat" constituted a "unique American frame of mind," which significantly contributed then and continues to contribute to this nation's lead in homicides.
An exhibition of American frames from the 19th and 20th centuries, including naturalistic motifs from the 1850's, neo-Gothic designs and Arts and Crafts examples, will be on show at the gallery through Dec. 20.
(O'Rourke shows off his own expertise as a marketer by warning British readers that they won't understand his American frame of reference, then urging them to buy his book anyway).
Now, 20 years down the road, seer Eli Wilner has begun collecting American frames up to the 1950s.
Then I asked her if she could try to share this American frame of mind for just three hours on the night of the potluck.
"I think changing a picture's frame is an ownership thing, a territorial way to put your mark on a painting," says Eli Wilner, a New York dealer widely credited with raising the American frame market's consciousness (not to mention prices).
