Sentence examples for at portrayals from inspiring English sources

Mr. Whited chafed at portrayals of public workers as overpaid or greedy, saying his union and others had made concessions, including paying more for their health insurance and forfeiting raises.

They claim that one reason the former South African president, Thabo Mbeki, resisted Western assistance and neglected the fight against AIDS in his country (at an estimated cost of 330,000 lives) was that "he grew supremely irritated at portrayals of Africans as inherently hypersexual".

In the long term that will hurt the new generation of Britons more than any attempts at sanitised portrayals.

As soon as Mitt Romney announced Paul Ryan as his running mate, Barry Blitt was looking at media portrayals of the new ticket and noticing how quickly images of the candidates are shaped.

That outrage has apparently reverberated in the halls of the commission, where displeasure has grown at the portrayals of the commission as having been cowed by the technology giant.

By Françoise Mouly and Mina Kaneko August 24, 2012 As soon as Mitt Romney announced Paul Ryan as his running mate, Barry Blitt was looking at media portrayals of the new ticket and noticing how quickly images of the candidates are shaped.

At the same time, the cast must bring the audience members along for the ride, making them comfortable enough to laugh at cartoonish portrayals of blustering white sheriffs, prancing Southern belles and shuffling former slaves while connecting to the anguish of lives ruined by bigotry.

The notion of giving to others may seem counterintuitive as a business strategy, especially when you look at media portrayals of success.

Remind yourself that what you are seeing is not war, but at best, portrayals of the best human instincts that are compelled by the experience of war (altruism, devotion to an ideal, service to country).

"Look at this picture and then look at this painting," he said, beaming at his portrayal of a young British soldier with his arm around his British girlfriend, as shown in a tiny photograph.

Those who saw something grander at play in the protests bristled at the portrayal.