Word: proclaimed
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...Isabella were installed there as governors in 1599 was hope restored to the city. Thereafter, Antwerp experienced a brief renewed Golden Age in business and the arts, and Rubens played an instrumental role. As Albert's and Isabella's court painter, he led an artistic propaganda campaign to proclaim Catholic dominance in the area. Assisted by his students and colleagues, Rubens painted more than sixty altarpieces for Antwerp churches. In addition to these large-scale dramatic treatments of religious subjects, Rubens and his contemporaries are known for their majestic portraits and painstakingly detailed still-lifes, as well as for their...
This third-grade pre-dilection for cheap sex puns has really gotten out of control. Even Peer Contraceptive Counselors, who spend a great deal of their time trying to get tittering first-years to talk about sex frankly, give us a nudge and a wink as they proclaim, "We're there for you when things get hard." Beavis and Butt-head might laugh at this...
...scientifically, like any other fact. Similarly, the 19th century German exponents of the Science of Judaism argued that their religion was a wholly rational faith. Alas, the end result of treating the deity as just another provable fact was to marginalize God, thereby making it easier for unbelievers to proclaim that he did not exist...
...immense if. Peace must pay economically if it is to endure -- or indeed come about at all. What has been achieved so far is not really peace but the beginning of a negotiation between adversaries who, though they finally recognize each other's existence, seize every opportunity to proclaim that they do not yet trust each other. Trust will grow only if each successive step leads to a measurably better life -- primarily for Palestinians but also for Israelis. If it does not, Hamas and other extremists will thrive on the poverty and despair. Some Israelis euphorically predict that peace will...
...drawing-room virtues of reticence and gentility are considered dead in the Age of Prurience. Yet they still govern our lives whenever we check an impulse to explode in love or anger -- when we don't shout at a reckless motorist, or we keep quiet when we mean to proclaim our ardor. If Richard Kimble is a hero for our fugitive fantasy egos, Newland Archer is the patron saint of our everyday conscience, the coachman on our journey as the years dissolve into decades and the decades into decay...