In its jitterbugging eloquence, this passage is a vastly superior expression of Professor Wideman's following declaration: "Playing hoop, African-American men act out a symbolic version of who they are, who they want to be".
But Hal Steinbrenner said that declaration played no role in the team's discussions over the last few days.
The Court long ago noted the venerable role the Declaration plays in our tripartite system of government in Florida: "It is significant that our Constitution thus commences by specifying those things which the state government must not do, before specifying certain things that it may do.
On Monday night, state television broadcast an extensive interview with him in which he dismissed United Nations declarations chastising him, playing on an anti-French, nationalist note that has benefited him politically.
We took a poll, and the numbers hovered at the brink of an acquittal: 10 to 2. Juror 9's powerful declaration had played a role in killing the drive for a compromise conviction and had won converts.
"I'm not going to make any sweeping declarations of retiring or playing a full schedule," she said.
And her no-nonsense declarations ("Don't play with me," she warns her young, young beau) are emblazoned by a classical singer's earth-shaking vibrato.
All the Red Storm's locker-room declarations during the past week about playing harder and smarter could not remedy the team's weakness inside.
I would guess that the deeper one gets inside Jordan's circle, as with NBC's Ahmad Rashad, the more his 99.9percentt not-playing declaration shrinks.
In this case, however, because the young woman succumbed to the injuries she sustained during the rape, Mr. Mohan said he would use her "dying declaration," which could play a crucial role in obtaining a conviction.
