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...other candidates stressed the need for internal policy making including the establishment of council by laws Colantuono, who, like Wall, has been campus gay rights activist, expressed what he called his own progressive views, but promised he would not impress them on the council...
...optimist, was discouraged because the Algerians' sense of urgency seemed to have vanished. We decided that Christopher should inform Benyahia that our authority would expire at noon the next day; his plane should stand by for his departure from Algiers at that time. We hoped this order would impress on the Algerians and the Iranians that there was a deadline: noon, Tuesday, Jan. 20. After that, neither Christopher nor I could speak for the U.S., and the entire negotiations might have to begin anew...
Much as medieval knights brandished their heraldic emblems, an increasing number of businesses are brandishing new trademarks. Like the old coats of arms, the new logos are designed to impress friend and foe, inspire vassals with loyalty and pride, and bolster the sense of power. America's best designers are brought to bear on this imagemaking, which generally covers corporate signs, advertising, printed matter and buildings...
...correct. They further reason that unless you are grossly inept or the subject of peculiar conspiracies by your peers, almost no one ever sees your underwear. The act of communicating status through clothes relies on visual verification. If you can't see Mr. Jones's skivvies, they can't impress you. And if he whispered to you across the picket fence separating your lawns that he had draped on his chunky haunches a pair of underwear tattooed with the initials of some shrewd Frenchman, you would almost certainly be reduced to uncontrollable laughter. You would never go to neighborhood barbecues...
...young woman so myopic that she could not read the expressions of those around her. She was rich, however, and it showed. Her face was not closed or insolent; it was simply the face of someone who did not need the job and did not need to impress anyone...