Word: expression
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...effect is that what is a symbol of oppression to many Americans—the Islamic dress—has become a tool of individual expression. The government believes that people should subscribe to a basic level of modesty—and in their eyes, this basic level is defined by the Islamic dress—but as long as this basic level is met, an individual is free to express personal beliefs on issues ranging from modesty to politics...
Massip believes that the reason most of the population does not see a distinction between mime and dance is due to lack of education and exposure. He says that since all actors express themselves through their bodies as well as voices, they are in fact using mime, whether they study it or not. Because all actors use this form of expression, he believes very strongly that speaking actors should study mime as well...
...alliance "has never been a rubber stamp." Labor traditionally differentiates itself from the conservatives by "saying it stands up more independently for the Australian point of view," says Peter Edwards, a historian of the alliance at the University of New South Wales/Australian Defence Force Academy. "A Coalition government will express disagreement with the U.S. on various issues, but they will tend not to let the differences get too public. A Labor government would let it be known from time to time, in a carefully calibrated way, that they disagreed with the Americans on this or that issue just to show...
...conscientious and invested teacher, Davis challenged her students to use language precisely to express themselves. She did not hesitate to criticize famous authors’ grammar even though she never graduated from college. Davis kept a file of grammatical mistakes from newspapers to share with her classes...
...always, is to put extraordinary creatures in extreme situations while lavishing sympathy on every character, including the evil ones. The actor who'll do anything for a role; the director, an expert at manipulating people; even the priest, who is often as pathetic as he is predatory--all express the film's thesis that love can be a form of abuse and, occasionally, vice versa. Weaving sad headlines about the pedophile clergy into a plot that suggests James M. Cain as filmed by Hitchcock, the film dexterously dances across four time periods and leaves the viewer to determine whether...