1.   A giant framed portrait of Lenin stared back from the near wall.

2.   A giant portrait of Confederacy President Jefferson Davis is perched at the right hand of the lieutenant governor as he wields his gavel in the Texas Senate.

3.   A memorial meeting the other day at the largest hall in Technical University in Berlin, held under a giant portrait of her, was filled to overflowing.

4.   Contreras said he mastered the nuances of political power from Chavez, whose giant portrait hangs behind his desk.

5.   Now giant portraits of Oregon quarterback Joey Harrington are painted on New York City buildings.

6.   No giant portrait looms here.

7.   Outside the KGB headquarters, the Communist leader, Gennadi Zyuganov, addressed his audience a few yards from a giant portrait of Stalin in military uniform.

8.   Standing on a large platform in Paris on Sunday, under a giant portrait of himself, Le Pen was in his element.

9.   The pope spoke beneath a giant portrait of Edith Stein in her Carmelite wimple.

10.   The sect was allowed to display a giant portrait of its spiritual leader, Li Hongzhi, who has been demonized by the Beijing government.