In 2005, the year Toby Keith turned 44, he released "As Good as I Once Was," one of his most bellicose and smarmy singles in a career that specialized in them, and a declaration of potency in the face of encroaching middle age.
Of the final Giants Stadium stand, the New York Daily News said that "Wrecking Ball" was "a rousing declaration of defiance in the face of destruction," and overall said that "Once again, this proved [Springsteen] to be one of the few performers charismatic enough, and anthemic enough, to use the stadium scale to his advantage".
Furthermore, the storyline felt Hollywoodised from beginning to end: the shifts and turns were all played out in a way we've seen a million times before, complete with expository dialogue and last-minute declarations of affection in the face of imminent death.
The leaks have emerged as he is seeking re-election and at the same time trying to strengthen the investigative powers of the safeguards department – the part of the IAEA devoted to verifying the declarations made by states – in the face of resistance led by Russia and about a dozen other countries.
Stone One is the sinking feeling in NYC over Mayor Mike Bloomberg's somewhat regal declaration for a third term in the face of term limits.
What person wouldn't rebel in the face of declarations of his nonexistence?
We do so in the face of the declaration in Article I of the United States Constitution that "all legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States".
Emphasizing continued reliance on multilateral diplomacy, it has invited Pyongyang to return to the conference table, even while North Korea threatens military action and tests nuclear weapons and the missiles to deliver them — in the face of a declaration by all the major world powers that such actions are "unacceptable".
The EU has generally turned a blind eye to biofuels' association with social impacts in producer countries; this flies in the face of international declarations to protect the rights of indigenous peoples and cultural heritage.
While Nick is, to his credit, incredibly gentle and sweet in the face of these nuclear declarations of emotion we know how this story ends.
