"I was happy to embrace surfing again when I got a clean bill of health," Mr. Castillo said, and his profile is an exuberant declaration of well-being: I surf, therefore I am.
From the moment Barbara Cook planted herself on stage at Avery Fisher Hall on Monday evening and sang "Lucky to Be Me," a blissfully confident declaration of well-being from "On the Town," it was obvious that Ms. Cook, who celebrated her 80th birthday on Oct. 25, meant every word.
The most significant declaration of all, however, may well be that of current Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos.
Patterson said that the process of drafting Occupy DC's declaration of intent is well under way, but he can't say when the declaration will be complete since the consensus process can be laborious.
Her 1950 speech, "Declaration of Conscience," is well-remembered for her strong and outspoken criticism of McCarthy's questionable tactics.
UPDATE: Many transgender people and their allies have taken to social media to weigh in on "Mister Sister," with many decrying the song's title and lyrics, as well as Pierson's declaration of it being a "trans anthem".
The timing, as well, was designed to deny President Bush a media monopoly for his declaration of war against terrorism.
Although the charges against Hancock were eventually dropped, as Professor Peter Andreas, author of Smuggler Nation: How Illicit Trade Made America explains, "It is perhaps appropriate that the first signer of the Declaration of Independence was Boston's most well known merchant-smuggler, John Hancock".
As apt and applicable as the Declaration of Independence is today, we would do well to honor that other historic document drafted in this hall, the Constitution of the United States.
(A declaration of names is involved).
A declaration of goals is expected.
