On the one hand, it was seen as a substantive transgression of gender boundaries; the adoption of women's dress contaminated, or "adulterated," one's gender, producing a hybrid and effeminate man.
In a week that most candidates give over to big rallies and closing arguments, she is giving policy speeches, like one on Wednesday on energy security, a move aides say is intended to help her be seen as more substantive.
Although imposing a cap is seen as a substantive step toward reducing carbon emissions, it is unlikely to have much impact on current U.S. energy-industry practices.
Quality of Care evaluations have come to have priority in the actual delivery of care and therefore methodological indicators - measures – of care quality come to be seen as targets – substantive facts about care quality.
He is pressing it on what he sees as the substantive merits, but sees it as well as an example of how the way a policy is framed can determine its political viability.
The government is still hopeful it can file a civil suit against the company, people close to the case said, though doing so against a bankrupt firm with a long line of creditors could be seen as more symbolic than substantive.
If your political philosophy is directly contrary to your faith and equally dismissive of the best substantive ideas of governance that conservative thinkers have offered, is it little surprise that the Romney, and now Romney/Ryan, are seen as a ticket without substantive idea.
Hotel rooms and airports are, she says, "not seen as an appropriate environment for substantive work" and are mainly used for e-mail.Finally, Ms Broadbent found that migrants are the most advanced users of communications technology.
Loyalty, like sincerity, conscientiousness, and courage, is better seen as an executive than as a substantive virtue.
And this September should be seen as the Democrats' last chance to do anything substantive.
