The book attempts to show the clinginess, coziness and slight corruption of affluent German society epitomized by the Rhineland during the 1970's and 80's.
In many eyes, Cooper epitomized the high society look of the 1950s and '60s with her 5-foot 11-inch (1.8-metre) curvaceous figure, large brown eyes, high cheekbones, and often upswept brown hair.
Vassilenko is also chagrined at Borat's portrayal of women in Kazakh society, epitomized by his claim that "in Kazakhstan we say, 'God, man, horse, dog, then woman, then rat.' " Vassilenko said, "I don't think our women like that, not to mention the men.
As for the license system, he explained that needing "licenses" to perform certain actions was a natural extension of the rigid structured society of Archadia, as epitomized by its Judges.
For example, rather than say: "You've epitomized the mood of the moiling society through avant garde utilization of marginalized voices".
"People embrace him so fervently not just for the works of enduring beauty he created but because he epitomizes the romantic artist shunned by polite society and doomed by personal misfortune".
As a result of these controversies, a general feeling of distrust towards the ANAK society propagated throughout the Georgia Tech campus, epitomized by an anonymous email circulated in 1999 that accused ANAK of "being the 'lapdog of President Clough' [and] improperly influencing elections, scholarships, and the press, among other things".
But the epidemic of obesity epitomizes the unsettled character of progress in affluent Western society.
It epitomizes, as one friend called it this week, a society that has lost the gifts of gratitude and graciousness.
From this character derives the Russian term oblomovshchina, epitomizing the backwardness, inertia, and futility of 19th-century Russian society.
True, selfies epitomize the look-at-me-I'm-so-awesome narcissism in our society.
