To a 19-year-old university student struggling to come to terms with his sexuality and his hearing loss, Dr. McCaskill's signature on the petition was not a statement on democracy or free speech but was a statement on his own individual struggles to be seen and accepted and more at ease within his skin.
Instead, this was a sensitive collaboration between client and couturier and, although touches of excellence were everywhere to be seen, they never came at the expense of ease of movement and elegance, achieved by discreet draping and folding and underpinnings that were quite obviously as complex as they were light.
With low interest rates and less restrictive lending standards contributing to a bubble, some countries may again be facing the same risks, said Michael Lea, a professor at the Center for Real Estate at San Diego State University who is seeing ease of lending restrictions in some parts of the world.
Afterward, in his new green jacket, Hogan is seen calmly signing autographs for fans, at ease in the crowd and in no rush.
There was fury too when he met the Pope in April, as one of 54 Nobel peace-prize laureates, and, while hardly at ease, his gesture was seen as something of a watershed.
"Price falls are still big, but we're seeing deflationary pressure easing," said Yoshiki Shinke, senior economist at Dai-ichi Life Research Institute. Dai-ichi Life Research Institute
For the most part, however, the all-white audience, as far as I can see, are at ease with Bell as he explains, for example, the levels of racism from one to five: "If I said 'there's a lot of Asian people in here", that's a one... 'and I am going to kill them', that's a five".
Being at ease before commanded to be at ease is a sign of disrespect.
Eco, from the moment I saw him, was so at ease being the smartest man in the room that he forgave us all for having doubted him.
May I be at peace, may I be at ease.
