Before he died of complications from West Nile virus two weeks ago -- becoming the first fatality of the outbreak in the United States this year -- Anthony Opalka projected an image of vigorous good health.
Even if no vigorous image analysis was used when choosing the images, both the learn- and test sets were carefully chosen by taking the following into consideration: (a) none of the sets contains known cases where the variational method is known to fail completely; (b) both very textured (e.g., Aloe and Cloth1) and less textured cases (e.g., Plastic and Wood1) are included.
But Mr. Middelhoff said he hired Mr. Klein for his advice on strategy and for his public image as a vigorous regulator.
But supporters believe that Mr. Gore already has the experience that Mr. Bush had to seek in a running mate, and some say that frees him to pick someone with a young and vigorous image.
The Chinese state press, of course, prefers a more vigorous image, as in the China Daily, which warned the other day that "Land Transfer May Draw 'Heated Debate.'" So, which is it?
His counselors told him he needed to project a more vigorous image, so he spent the next week having lunch in Manhattan restaurants packed with office workers, trying to absorb the local attitude.
They're usually solid and weighty but frequently couched in language that emphasises the positive and needs decoding – doing little for the trust's image as a vigorous, independent, robust defender of the public interest.
It comes as the White House is fighting to maintain its image as a vigorous and uncompromising foe of global terrorism in the face of questions about its commitment and competence raised by the administration's former terrorism czar, Richard A. Clarke, and its first Treasury secretary, Paul H. O'Neill.
The image of a vigorous, headless body defiantly swimming in circles around a smoldering ship may be a fair metaphor for the recent state of the pirate movie, a wild, disreputable and apparently unkillable genre notable for its unrepentant excesses, its mix of playfulness and violence, history and hokum and, within the last two decades, for its record of spectacular box office failure.
Mr. Aliyev, the longtime leader of Soviet Azerbaijan and president of the independent republic since 1993, has insisted that he will seek another five-year term in 2003 and presents a vigorous image in the frequent televised broadcasts of his state appearances.
