In a speech speckled with Hebrew, personal recollections of her visits to Israel, and other declarations of enduring friendship, she expressed her own strong convictions about the close bilateral relationship, etc., etc., before getting to the nuclear negotiations.
Vet is the corrupt, defensive and cruelly oppressive patriarch; the willfully optimistic Grace is denial incarnate, the force that allows the Vets of the world to rule; and Buddy, who is given to reciting the Declaration of Independence, is the enduring American rebel, on the cusp of a new revolution.
Modern SOTUs rarely seem to produce enduring or presidency-defining turns of phrases one notable exception being Bill Clinton's declaration that the era of big government was over.
Tourists leaving Heathrow will probably buy shortbread in a phone-box shaped tin, exporting this oddity across the globe in a declaration that we Brits are still as self-confident and enduring as a bright red, solid-iron, 1936 industrial masterpiece.
As the Declaration turns 60, it's important to emphasize the living document's enduring relevance and universality.
Banks were built from luxurious materials in bold architectural forms, with sturdy marble pillars and adornments to provide the most powerful declarations of solidity, tradition and trustworthiness — and to project a sense of enduring history.
Time has thus far supported this bold declaration: no writer before or since has equaled Shakespeare in influence, reverential acclaim, or enduring commercial and popular success.
"The Convention on the Rights of the Child and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples among others provide unique references for UNICEF's enduring commitment to the indigenous child.
Second, his declaration of the atmosphere as a common good, owned by all for all, may help settle the enduring argument about which nations have the responsibility to act.
He thought about enduring.
