The Romney team probably guessed that it would all end with an injunction to make his day, but did they also foresee the resulting sketch of a certain Republican-leaning sensibility: careless with facts, grumpy, xenophobic, scornful, more isolationist than its establishment realizes, and on the verge of assuming a stance of threat.
Before Ronaldo takes free kicks, he assumes a stance that is theatrical, bordering on arrogant.
When he was coming to prominence in 1997, star of The Harry Hill Show on Channel 4, it was common practice to assume a stance on Hill.
After the war, many street photographers assumed a stance that was more "cynical, hard-bitten and shot-through with irony," Mr. Ferguson writes in the exhibition catalog.
SINCE May 29th, when the Washington Post reported that Mark Kirk had inaccurately claimed to have won a naval award, Mr Kirk has assumed a stance of righteous indignation.
Parents, thrilled for their student's success, often assume a stance of "going easy on the kids" and letting them off the hook with responsibilities.
When Netflix asked to turn 'Hold the Dark' into a feature film, I think I reflexively assumed a stance against what I feared was certain disappointment and embarrassment: 'I don't mind how you destroy my story, as long as your check doesn't bounce.'.
Mr. Mulligan was subsequently detained after assuming a "fighting stance" and then charging police officers.
Crowd a boxer," he said, assuming a boxing stance and holding his right hand, which was grasping the champagne glass, close to his chest.
"In the 1980s, this was seen as a statement of girl power, based on assuming a feminine stance on sexual expression," she wrote.
Schiff testified that from about 90ft away he shouted "Show me your hands" and that Nieto had replied, "No, show me your hands", then drew his Taser, assuming a fighting stance, holding the weapon in both hands pointed at the police.
