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Prosecutors are attempting to portray the defendant as an overzealous neighbourhood busybody who profiled Martin, a black youth wearing a hooded top, as a potential criminal.

Several nonfiction books similarly steep their readers in death while attempting to portray the entire cartel landscape — "El Narco: Inside Mexico's Criminal Insurgency" (2011); "Narcoland: The Mexican Drug Lords and Their Godfathers" (2010); and, out this summer, "ZeroZeroZero".

Several nonfiction books similarly steep their readers in death while attempting to portray the entire cartel landscape—"El Narco: Inside Mexico's Criminal Insurgency" (2011); "Narcoland: The Mexican Drug Lords and Their Godfathers" (2010); and, out this summer, "ZeroZeroZero".

Although the composer claimed that he was not attempting to portray the poem's specific scenes literally, the symphony's structure reflects that of Auden's poem, having six parts: "The Prologue," "The Seven Ages," "The Seven Stages," "The Dirge," "The Masque," and "The Epilogue".

Duncan's statement comes one day after Mitt Romney began trying to turn the strike into an election topic, attempting to portray the issue as one that's tearing up Democrats from within, particularly Democrats in Chicago.

Many events and dialog were made up, attempting to portray the man as the writers and producers wanted to portray him, rather than how he truly was," wrote McGill "I do not know why others chose not to view it, but knowing the movie was masquerading as factual when it was actually and deliberately fictional caused me to lose all interest".

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His defence attorneys subsequently attempted to portray the money as generous gifts from political supporters.

The allegations attempt to portray the Hales as "monsters," he said, "and it's not true".

Ever since "Ulysses," artists have attempted to portray the everyday entirety of a place.

They attempted to portray the lives, appearances, problems, customs, and mores of the middle and lower classes, of the unexceptional, the ordinary, the humble, and the unadorned.

Downing Street immediately attempted to portray the Duncan Smith's resignation as consequence of the cabinet minister's strong opposition to Cameron over Europe.

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