"Any song that expresses an author's frustration at 'being sick of blurred lines' is beyond unacceptable".
The cross expresses fusion of mighty opposites, and for that reason it has become a powerful symbol in society, in language, culture, religion, and of course too when featured in the form of song.
But today, when we read the Gettysburg Address, we should first be reminded that in the US – as around the world – the simple truths it expresses are under sustained assault.
As Bahrain has never sought anonymity or sovereign immunity from the English courts for anyone in respect of this case, it expresses no view on the DPP's statement that immunity was inappropriate.
In Coventry, 32-year-old Nor also expresses gratitude to the officials who took her from a refugee camp in Lebanon.
He expresses regret at the child's subsequent death, though dwells on it less than he does on the death of a favourite horse.
An influential mem ber of Sinn Fein's peace process talks team, he denies claims that he is one of the IRA's seven-strong ruling army council, and expresses abhorrence of sectarianism from whatever quarter.
"Here is the president greeting the people with his smile that expresses kindness," it said.
Keats's sonnet, On first looking into Chapman's Homer, expresses his passion for poetry by using imagery of exploration and discovery, which never fails to thrill me.
At a New Year's Eve party a woman expresses concern that I have five children.
But if we can agree, as the participants in Burns' project presumably do, that the Gettysburg Address expresses the fundamental truths on which America was founded, we should at least be honest with ourselves about how those truths relate to America and the world today.
