It marked an affirmation for Bourdain: chefs were reading the book, and they liked it.
It marks an affirmation of a Muslim's total submission to Allah's commands and, like a National Anthem, reflects the grand unity of the Ummah (community of Muslim brothers and sisters) no matter from which corner of the world they hail".
The wide-ranging and thorough opinion marks a robust affirmation of the primacy of real-world evidence in determining fair value.
That affirmation marked the beginning of the orthodox Christian assertion that fully equated the Son of God with God, the Son.
His violence and his deceit are a sort of existential affirmation, a mark on the world, the wrenching of a space — even a dreadful and self-punishing one — within which he makes his identity and recognizes himself.
It was a high-water mark and an affirmation that soccer is booming, taking root and challenging the traditional sports like basketball and baseball (not to mention a prodigious payday for the Spanish federation).
Frost was often able to endow his rural imagery with a larger symbolic or metaphysical significance, and his best poems transcend the immediate realities of their subject matter to illuminate the unique blend of tragic endurance, stoicism, and tenacious affirmation that marked his outlook on life.
Someone could get a Ph.D. thesis out of studying the major-minor shifts in his Beatles songs: sometimes the change is from verse to chorus, to mark a change from affirmation to melancholy, as in "The Fool on the Hill"; sometimes it's in the middle of a phrase, as in "Penny Lane," to capture a mood of mixed sun and showers.
It marked an end of "patient sufferance" under tyranny, the end of "allegiance to the British Crown" and an affirmation of natural rights that this nation still embodies.
With each mark of affirmation from other users -- shares, likes, comments on our content -- the part of us craving instant gratification and rewards is fed.
With each mark of affirmation from other users -- shares, likes, comments on our content -- the part of us craving instant gratification and rewards is fed.
