Much of the progress on women's rights in the Arab world has come as a result of declarations from above, rather than pressure from below.
Years ago, during the renovation of the halls of vertebrate evolution, the then Director of the American Museum, offered up the above declaration when asked if he thought that visitors would understand the cladistical organization that served as the framework for the exhibits.
We offer the above Declaration of Interdependence as a road map for our country to begin returning to its rightful path, to once again become a beacon on a hill to other nations, a paragon of virtue among world powers, driven equally by principle and compassion, and undeterred in its purpose by public debate fueled by blind self-interest and self-righteous bravado.
Tatiana's futile declaration rose above the sounds of the restaurant.
Lyon doesn't care for medieval scholarship, a fact made plain not only by the rather unfounded declaration quoted above, but also by her reluctance to even read "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight," the most entertaining of medieval poems — and, for some scholars, a potential source of analogues for the Green Man himself.
Back during the Republican primaries, Lexington marvelled, almost any of the above declarations of moderacy could have seen him rounded up and taken out of the party race.Instant opinion polls largely confirmed the impression of a draw, with one poll by CNN showing that 46% of respondents thought Mr Obama won, compared to 39% for Mr Romney, a result within the survey's margin of error.
Declaration of interest: The above thoughts are in no way a result of personal embitterment about our laboratory not being funded by one of these projects.
This is implicit in article 25.1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights discussed above, which affirms: Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services.
Although an authoritative judicial declaration authorizing borrowing above the debt ceiling might alleviate investors' fears, obtaining such a declaration is no easy task.
An Iranian-born gunman burst in, took 17 workers and customers hostage, and forced some to hold a flag with an Islamic declaration of faith above the shop window's festive inscription of "Merry Christmas".
