This year, in an effort to forge an image that seemed a little more with it, the producers of "Masterpiece Theater" installed the actress Gillian Anderson as host and shed the stodgiest half of the title, making it simply "Masterpiece".
He is trying to forge an image as a reliable leader on board with Mr. Monti's agenda.
Along the way, Mr. Messier forged an image as a flamboyant deal maker and aspiring media and telecommunications visionary.
In his remarks today, Mr. Putin appeared to be trying to put his visit to Cuba in an unthreatening context, suggesting that Moscow is merely trying to recover lost markets and multimillion-dollar Soviet-era investments rather than forge a new image of rivalry.
Indeed, Welles's opening shot pulls us into the cauldron, down to bubble level, to see what is forged in the clayey gruel: an image of such primitive horror, like a creation myth gone bad, that it makes Kurzel's prelude, set on a battlefield and glutinous with gore, seem a touch ordinary by contrast.
In the drive to forge this image of Michael Jackson as a paragon of American virtue, Spike Lee leaves out all contradictions about the artist, and eschews all intimate details: i.e. the human side.
Analysts said the announcement was a calculated move by Kim and his advisers as they forge the image of the 20-something leader who took power following the December death of Kim Jong-il.
Kamala Markandaya, the novelist who helped forge the image of India for American readers in schools and book clubs from the 1950's through the 1970's, died on May 16 at her home in London.
Accepting such an invitation was a gesture on Obama's part that signalled his desire to project an image of himself as a post-ideological politician, a Chicago Democrat eager to forge alliances with conservative Republicans on Capitol Hill.
