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Mr. Colby, 56, was a familiar figure in the neighborhood.
Mr. Singh, 58, was a familiar figure around Oyster Bay.
Kim Yong-chol is a familiar figure to South Korean negotiators.
Elegant and diplomatic, Abdullah was a familiar figure in Afghan politics.
Mr. Wu was a familiar figure to Americans involved in China policy.
But the player-coach was once a familiar figure in pro sports.
That witness was Paul Skalnik, a familiar figure around the Pinellas County Courthouse.
He is a familiar figure: the exotic, blended other as a blank, featureless mirror.
Daly personifies a familiar figure: the Gamergate warrior, the social-media men's-rights troll.
But a change of context can work wonders with a familiar figure of speech.
But they show that Asia's tech titans see a familiar figure in Mr. Trump.
The artist Ai Weiwei, a familiar figure from documentaries ("Human Flow"), is an executive producer.
She is a familiar figure in Alabama, having served as lieutenant governor and state treasurer.
Her years in office have made her a familiar figure to Germans and to the world.
She presents as a familiar figure: the skeptical teen-age narrator dismantling the phoniness around her.
As part of this new focus, Raibert has become a familiar figure on the tech conference scene.
But security experts in Sweden said he wasn't a familiar figure in their ranks in that country.
He underwhelmed the sort of donors who would normally be inclined to back a moderate, familiar figure.
But there's a lot of open territory for that familiar figure in the canine world, the dog guesser.
As it turns out, the familiar figure dressed in a red coat and black pants was Lu's mother.
Her selection to lead a financial regulatory agency surprised bureau-watchers who had expected a more familiar figure.
Mayor David N. Dinkins was a familiar figure at United States Open tennis matches in Flushing Meadows, Queens.
Ms. Lagarde, the first woman to lead the European Central Bank, is a familiar figure in global finance.
While Mrs Clinton is seen as fiercely anti-Russian, she is a familiar figure, and even commands grudging respect.
He became a familiar figure in pop culture, with guest roles on The Simpsons and Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Among them is a familiar figure: Grace (Katja Herbers), the woman who swam from the India-themed park to Westworld.
He is a familiar figure in Washington, with a walrus-like moustache and hard-charging views on many global challenges.
Ross is a slightly more familiar figure in Washington, having been a former member of the National Association of Manufacturers.
Experts on China said Mr. Liu was a familiar figure in the United States, and well-respected by American officials.
Go deeper: Christine Lagarde, the first woman to lead the European Central Bank, is a familiar figure in global finance.
And her introductory speaker was a familiar figure: Alicia Machado, the former Miss Universe whose weight Mr. Trump once disparaged. Mrs.
It doubled as another opportunity for him to gauge the growth of a familiar figure who has become a feared nemesis.
A familiar figure lofts a towering shot into the mostly empty bleachers three hours before a game against the Cincinnati Reds.
He remains a familiar figure to British tennis fans as part of the BBC commentary team for Wimbledon which starts next week.
Mr. Cole was a familiar figure to police officers, had a history of drug use and was on probation, the sheriff said.
The stem educator has become a familiar figure in schools, with some of the cool of a guitar teacher in the sixties.
Clinton is a familiar figure at these meetings, though she does not always bear as reassuring a message as she did on Monday.
Flamboyant, outspoken and a familiar figure in Latvian media, Mr. Lembergs made his fortune in the tumultuous years after the transition to capitalism.
His wife had him hospitalised; upon his release, he became a familiar figure around the Princeton campus, talking to himself and scribbling on blackboards.
But it was particularly hard to miss Betances' familiar figure on Sunday morning before the Yankees played the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre.
But it was particularly hard to miss Betances' familiar figure on Sunday morning before the Yankees played the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre.
Former Vice President Joseph Biden, a well-liked and familiar figure in Democratic politics, remains an early front-runner should he enter the race.
While many have focused on the pajama-clad avatar of sybaritic male pleasure, others have paid tribute to a less familiar figure: Hef the progressive.
Mr. Lukens, whose father was ambassador to the Republic of Congo, became a familiar figure to the diplomatic press corps as the coordinator of Mrs.
Mattis, a retired Marine general who is reviewing U.S. war plans against Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, is a familiar figure to Gulf Arab rulers.
His family and neighbors said that he was a familiar figure on the street corner and was known to be mentally ill, even by local police.
Lopez, the former St. John's standout whose four-year N.B.A. career was hindered by injuries, has been a familiar figure at Westchester Knicks games this season.
And while Martin has remained a close friend and familiar figure on the actress' social media, Falchuk hasn't received his own personal Insta tribute until now.
Mr. Singh was a familiar figure around Oyster Bay, the owner of dozens of businesses including a concession stand on Tobay Beach and the Woodlands restaurant.
As she shared her goals and aspirations with me in the library, my eyes drifted up past her right shoulder and settled upon a familiar figure.
Sarah Gilchrist is brave, but not so stoic that she doesn't blanche to see a familiar figure show up as a corpse on her dissection table.
And if you think that conservatives are the only ones talking about this, check out this clip from a familiar figure from about 16 years ago.
But the healthy face time could help make him a more familiar figure in California, where he is said to be considering a run for governor. Mrs.
Biden — a familiar figure for decades, and an incrementalist steeped in the ways of Washington — may simply be acceptable to more Democrats than a firebrand like Sanders.
But as they went through the crowd in the basement of the police headquarters, up stepped Ruby, who was a familiar figure to many Dallas police officers.
And he became a familiar figure in rehearsal rooms around the world, sought after by top conductors, singers and opera companies working to bring his discoveries to life.
Buchanan's Nixon is a familiar figure: distant, awkward, smart, defensive and damaged, caring a bit too much what the Establishment — a word Buchanan uses frequently — thinks of him.
Spicer has become a familiar figure to Americans as his surreal daily press briefings became must-watch television, each day bringing a new, bizarre twist to the ongoing saga.
Ali (Gaby Hoffmann), the youngest, began the series as a familiar figure of arrested development; unemployed and unmoored, a Lena Dunham-lite millennial cliche scrambling for money and meaning.
He was a familiar figure in Lisbon's literary world, but when he died, in 1935, at the age of forty-seven, he had no major achievements to his name.
Michael Gove wrote an essay on "the very British roots of neoconservatism and its lessons for British conservatives", and Liam Fox is a familiar figure in Washington's neocon circles.
The chef the Obamas enlisted to prepare it is something of a familiar figure at the White House — a celebrity restaurateur who is also a longtime supporter of Mrs.
Indeed, while Donald Trump might seem like a one-of-a-kind to many Americans, he's simply the Made in the USA version of a familiar figure around the globe.
In America, he may have seemed to come out of nowhere, but he had been a familiar figure in Toronto's municipal politics since he became a council member in 2000.
Manafort was a familiar figure during the campaign and after, and his mounting legal troubles led to speculation months ago that he could end up a target of Mueller's investigation.
For many Democrats, especially those in Northern Iowa, the Minnesota senator is a familiar figure who has more experience than Mr. Buttigieg but is not as old as Mr. Biden.
Royal Guard Major General Abdul-Aziz Al-Faghm was a familiar figure in the kingdom and often seen in photos alongside King Salman at home and on official trips abroad.
Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont has led in opinion polls by varying margins, and his populist message has attracted vast crowds in a state where he was already a familiar figure.
A familiar figure at conferences and in the news media, he is also a major presence on social media, with two million Facebook friends and more than 200,000 followers on Twitter.
The two quickly became a couple, and Ms. Pallenberg, photographed in miniskirts or hip-hugger pants and her signature wide-brimmed hats, became a familiar figure on the group's worldwide tours.
Young has long been a familiar figure in that literary terrain where Language writing, the New York School, and other free spirits and outliers of American and sometimes British poetry cross paths.
In each case, by returning to a familiar figure who had already told us his story, it felt as if we could drill even deeper, explore greater nuance and connect more dots.
Mr. Wray is a familiar figure in Washington; he took a top job with the Justice Department in the spring of 2001, playing a pivotal role in the aftermath of the Sept.
He then made the transition to television, becoming a familiar figure alongside talk-show hosts from Steve Allen to David Letterman, even though some network executives were leery of his political views.
Mr. Hsieh, a watch geek-in-the-making, became a familiar figure to the owner of a watch store in Taichung, stopping by not just to buy but also to talk about watches.
But the suspect was a familiar figure to many of his fellow tenants, and his mental health issues were known to people in the building, said the neighborhood's City Council member, Mark Levine.
It is highly uncertain whether groups like these will see a 77-year-old billionaire as a compelling alternative to Mr. Biden, who is a far more familiar figure campaigning on similar themes.
Those have been deepened by a series of scandals that have made him a familiar figure in the Bulgarian news media, along with his predilection for fancy cars, sprawling villas and private jets.
The organization's president, Pierre Lescure, and artistic director, Thierry Frémaux, said in a statement at the time that they were "dismayed" by the charges against someone who was "a familiar figure" at the festival.
He is a familiar figure in certain Latino immigrant circles, and that is how, in late 2010, Marcos Díaz and Giovanni Paulino arrived at his Madison Avenue office with their tale of stolen wages.
David, a 6-foot-5-inch (2-meter) former star of the MIT basketball team, was a familiar figure at cultural events in New York City, joined by his wife, Julia, 23 years his junior.
Part of it is an intellectual game, the satisfaction of recognizing a familiar figure in an unfamiliar context: Oh, Estelle is always twinkling because she's playing the role of the auspicious star from the shipwreck.
She became a familiar figure at rallies in Italy, on television talk shows and at red carpet events after becoming one of the first women to publicly accuse the producer Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault.
Though he did well in opinion polls for months, his lack of an established political or media base made him something of a dark horse and a less familiar figure to many Tunisians than Karoui.
It's there, while horrifying her mother's sense of propriety by nosing around Natalie's bedroom — and making an ethical transgression that may come back to haunt her later — that Camille recognizes a familiar figure in Natalie.
But even so, Paddock profiles as an all-too familiar figure on the Trumpian American scene: an angry man with too much money, a gambling problem, and a penchant for screaming at his girlfriend in public.
Among the contenders were Major Garrett, the network's chief White House correspondent and a familiar figure to those who watch the daily televised White House briefings, and Nancy Cordes, another of the network's lead Washington reporters.
According to Lu Yiqin, she was going through photos with her now-husband Zhang Hedong in preparation for their wedding, when she spotted a familiar figure in the background of a photo taken when Zhang was 14.
WASHINGTON — Harry Wu, who spent 19 years in Chinese labor camps, was a familiar figure on Capitol Hill, delivering searing broadsides against China's authoritarian government that drew admiration from American politicians condemning the country's human rights abuses.
A familiar figure in Washington dating back to the 1980sReagan administration, Netanyahu most recently had a strained relationship with President Barack Obama, especially over his opposition to the July 2015 Iran nuclear deal promoted by the U.S. leader.
By Jonathan Martin Black Voters on Donald Trump: We've Heard It All Before For many black Americans, Mr. Trump is a familiar figure whose candidacy is exposing to others the diminishing words they have heard their whole lives.
Colonel Blimp was a familiar figure, established in a long-running newspaper cartoon of the nineteen-thirties by the left-leaning artist David Low, who intended to satirize the outmoded jingoism that encrusted the higher ranks of British society.
Analysts said the comments by Mark Bohr, Intel's Director of Process Architecture and a familiar figure in the industry, were no cause for alarm, but shares fell 4.5 percent to 93.54 euros by 1130 GMT in Amsterdam on Wednesday.
A familiar figure in the cafes and artists' haunts of the Butte Montmartre, he had paintings exhibited at the Salon des Indépendants, an annual show put on by a famous painters' association, but his work was never prominently displayed.
A familiar figure in Washington dating back to the 1980s Reagan administration, Netanyahu most recently had a strained relationship with President Barack Obama, especially over his opposition to the July 2015 Iran nuclear deal promoted by the U.S. leader.
Najarian, who was ranked one of the top 100 traders by Trader Monthly magazine in 2005 and is a familiar figure on CNBC, highlights the key metrics that every savvy investor must use to his or her advantage, particularly around options.
The Hare Krishna devotee became, for a time, a familiar figure, and sometimes a figure of fun: a young white man with a shaved head and an orange-sherbet robe, chanting ceaselessly and carrying an armload of books to sell.
Critic's Notebook This year, the political conventions pulled off an amazing feat: They rebooted a familiar figure, someone who spent years in the public eye going through chameleon-like shifts, and who emerged from the quadrennial partisan ritual reintroduced and reinvigorated.
This scooped-out shell of a man registers as an all-too-familiar figure during a season of British history to which London journalists — in an inevitable nod to this play's opening line — are regularly calling "the summer of our discontent."
She's a familiar figure in the office, not only because her name is half of the label — his father was Sies — but also because last season she actually appeared on the runway, along with several of her son's close friends.
I have spent decades studying authoritarian and fascist regimes and saw in Trump a deeply familiar figure: the strongman who cultivates a bond with followers based on loyalty to him as a person rather than to a party or set of principles.
László Moholy-Nagy, born in 18393, was an émigré too, but he landed in Chicago and was associated with the Bauhaus School, making him a much more familiar figure, even if he and Horna shared a home country and a visionary imagination.
The notion of outside agitator abruptly turned insider is a more familiar figure on the right than the left in Washington these days, and more recognizable to someone from the Tea Party movement than to a consummate legislator like Lofgren or Durbin.
Though he did well in opinion polls for months, his lack of an established political or media base made him something of a dark horse and a less familiar figure to many Tunisians than his second-round opponent: detained media mogul Nabil Karoui.
Sartaj Singh, the hero of the new Netflix series "Sacred Games," is a familiar figure in the landscape of hard-boiled fiction: the hapless honest cop whose integrity has cost him promotions, the respect of his crooked colleagues and the devotion of his wife.
Kanye's position as an artist transformed the way we understood Kim: Instead of just being a hot girl who couldn't do anything, she became a hot girl who inspired someone, which is to say, a muse — a familiar figure with a defined and accepted role.
CreditCreditLandon Nordeman for The New York Times Monday night, when some of fashion's biggest names gather at the Brooklyn Museum for the annual Council of Fashion Designers of America awards — often called the Oscars of the fashion world — a familiar figure will again be celebrated: Marc Jacobs.
CLACTON-ON-SEA, England — The campaign bus draws up and out steps a familiar figure in a smart suit and tie, who strides down the street, stopping at a pub, where he poses for pictures grinning with his pint, as he has done countless times before.
Mr. Ratner was by then a familiar figure on the New York scene, scion of a family real estate company, Forest City, which was aiming to make its name as well known as such traditional local property powers as the Dursts, the Speyers and the Rudins.
Aquaman may be new(ish) to the big screen, but he's a familiar figure all the same: He's the stereotypical frat boy you knew in college who never did his homework and tried to get by on charm, but was never quite as clever as he thought he was.
To Western diplomats who have followed Ukraine's turbulent history since it broke free from the Soviet Union in 1991, Mr. Lutsenko was a familiar figure: a seemingly reform-minded politician who, once given power, deeply disappointed his former admirers by displaying many of the ills he had previously denounced.
The Xinjiang Tigers' Zhou Qi, a familiar figure to Chinese basketball and readers of this organ alike, was a shoo-in to get picked in the NBA Draft and even after he started falling down the draft, everyone's copy was still straightforward enough that it could've been written a week earlier.
Louis Langrée, a familiar figure at Lincoln Center for his oversight of the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra, conducts the Philharmonic in a program heavy on fin-de-siècle lushness: Debussy's "Nocturnes" and "Préludes à l'après-midi d'un faune," Scriabin's "Le Poème de l'extase" and Ravel's "Shéhérazade," with the mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard.
Laffer might not be a familiar figure to many of Trump's 1553 million Twitter followers, but the former economic adviser to President Ronald Reagan is a giant within the Republican Party as the "godfather" of supply-side economics, the theory that cutting taxes and regulations creates economic growth (a cousin to trickle-down economics, which argues more specifically for tax cuts for the rich).
Against this, the familiar figure of the skeleton emerges, in pieces like "Skeleton Looking at Chinoiseries" (1888), as does Ensor's more openly absurd, freefall ideas: "Self Portrait in a Flowered Hat" (1883) is a clearly finished portrait, later returned to when Ensor decided to ridicule himself — or the societal function of the portrait itself – by adding a hilariously silly floral hat, even going so far as to extend his moustache into a blue curling twill.
The crime story as we know it today—with a strong element of whodunnit and an emphasis on investigation—sprang up in the nineteenth century, when writers such as the French criminal turned detective Eugène-François Vidocq, Edgar Allan Poe, and Arthur Conan Doyle helped promote the idea of forensic investigation and establish in the popular imagination the now familiar figure of the unfailingly rigorous and rational detective, who must, by narrative necessity, crack the case at the end of the tale.
So before I write about Joaquín Torres-García: The Arcadian Modern at the Museum of Modern Art, the first time his work has been seen in depth in New York since it was shown in the Bronx Museum of the Arts in 21916-113, and his first major retrospective in America in more than forty years, I want to point out that Torres-García is already a familiar figure to serious museum-goers, while dozens of other 211th century artists working in Latin America remain unknown or, in some cases, misrepresented.

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