My wife, a technophobe who for years has spurned my offers to buy her any kind of intelligent phone or even an iPod, took one look at the Centro and declared that yes, she would be interested in using one.
When he announced he was gay at the age of 15 — and that he was dating a 22-year-old — his parents took him to a therapist who, after two sessions, declared that yes, it was true, and that they could either accept it or not.
And there was the lawyer for the Gore camp, David Boies, declaring that yes, indeed, the Florida results would be contested, and the legal challenges could continue even after a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court.
It's so fun and easy to allow something that fakes an intimate knowledge to tell us what we're interested in, and to push us to declare that yes we are or no we are not, that we forget this is just one method of apprehending literature among many, and a not-very-compelling one at that.
You would figure that, seeing his legacy in the eyes of his daughters, he would stand up and declare that yes, he was indeed waging a War on Coal, since coal first declared war on our health and our future.
With the help of a counselor and personal trainer, he lost the weight and found the confidence to declare that yes indeed, the way he lives his life is up to him.
And it seemed that perhaps they'd get away with it – a short, sharp statement on day one declaring that, yes, Dave had benefited from tax avoidance, but it was totally legal and he can't be held accountable for the actions of his father.
By 07:00 PST, 15:00 Irish (3:00 p.m). both sides declared that the "yes" would carry the day with an overwhelming margin.
During the divestment vote, one senator declared that his yes vote was out of love for both Palestinians and Israelis.
Congressional aides said both members declared that they would vote yes after receiving signals from the administration that the matter would be dealt with shortly.
The Democrats who declared that they would vote yes included six from the Texas delegation: Representatives Reyes, Ortiz, Frost, Jackson-Lee, Hinojosa and Jim Turner.
