Sentences with phrase «symbolic gestures by»

Apparently, doing away with «Fort Pataki» by opening up the second floor and removing the concrete barriers from around the state Capitol — admittedly both largely symbolic gestures by Cuomo — wasn't enough for Paladino.

The campaign began shortly after President Obama made a largely symbolic gesture by banning the use of solitary confinement for all juveniles in the federal system.

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And also, if the OT prophets were so good, how is it that such a commonplace prophecy, like Jesus's entry to Jerusalem on donkey takes prophetic priority over such major events as the Last Supper or the Foot Washing scene, an event that at least one commentary listed as one of the most important symbolic gestures ever made by Jesus.

Members of the group SNAP (The Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests) planned to hold signs and hand out flyers urging Roman Catholic cardinals to stop making symbolic gestures about abuse and instead meet with victims and give case files to the authorities.

His pontificate is marked by symbolic gestures and simple words that compel the attention and respect of the world.

[150] In a symbolic gesture the House later passed the motion unanimously by acclamation.

Other symbolic gestures included custom - made furniture, a walk over a footbridge and the food on the menu at Friday night's banquet — attended by the leaders» wives.

But an executive order would really be a symbolic gesture — one already undertaken by Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy and Washington State Gov. Jay Inslee.

The accusations of bias against the fight against corruption are increasing by the day and critics easily find ready examples to argue that the fight is only cosmetic and showy and government is only making do with a few symbolic gestures as proof that it is serious.

In a symbolic gesture aimed at further healing relations with the gay community and burying the Tories» «nasty party» image, Mr Cameron this week apologised for Section 28 - the controversial law brought in by the Conservatives in 1988 banning local authorities from portraying homosexuality in a positive light.

The most hackneyed standbys of coming - to - America humor — the discovery of pizza, confusion about relationships and religions — get trotted out, and the selfish J.B. has to repeatedly redeem himself (to Ash, Rinku, Dinesh, and Brenda, the generic love interest played by Bell) through symbolic gestures.

She also noted that Cerf gave the board permission to call itself the Newark Board of Education — a symbolic gesture to drop the «advisory» label, which was appreciated by board members — and allowed it to vote on district expenditures before they are made, although he still has the final say.

They filed their Parent Trigger petition — signed by almost 70 percent of school parents — on the eve of the national holiday commemorating Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. as a symbolic gesture of their pursuit of education as the cornerstone of the American Dream.

The eleven artists in Politicizing Space critique and subvert these purportedly aesthetic and artistic gestures by reinterpreting the symbolic mechanisms of control and asking the age - old question about the balance of power between art object and viewer.

It features: a series of black - and - white photographs of elderly actors by Liu Zheng that play with conventions of ethnographic and opera photography; two videos by Chen Qiulin that make use of traditional opera characters to respond to changes wrought by the Three Gorges Dam; The Forbidden City (Zijincheng) by Liu Wei, a lyrical video of theatrical «glove puppets» (budai kuilei) shown publicly for the first time; and videos by Cui Xiuwen that connect to opera in more oblique ways, through performative elements and symbolic props, gestures, and costumes.

The colors and graphics on the balloons coincidently mimic those used by indigenous peoples of the Americas, rendering the installation a symbolic gesture «demonstrating the interconnectedness of the Western Hemisphere by recognizing the land, indigenous peoples, history, relationships, movement, and communication.»

It doesn't replace federal printed currency, but augments it by getting people to make the practical and symbolic gesture of supporting local businesses before national chains.

It was not only a loss of a particularly apt symbolic moment, it also obscured the Government's own commitment to concrete action in health, housing, employment and education by presenting it as an alternative to any symbolic gesture of apology.