When a reporter asked Tortorella about 1994, he first professed ignorance of the moment.
At first professing orthodoxy, Anastasius gradually adhered more to monophysite doctrine, which held that Christ had one, divine nature.
According to published reports, the American ambassador in Tripoli went so far as to betray a group of coup-plotting officers in the Libyan Army in 1971, first professing support for their plan and then handing their names over to Qaddafi.
As the interviews show, she has remained unwaveringly private in the 23 years that have passed since she first professed her desire to remain unknown.
The first may be home to as many as 1.3m inhabitants of Polish extraction (one-fifth profess to speaking Polish at home).
Oil companies have such a poor public image that the first to profess concern for global warming might quickly suffer a backlash from a cynical public.
The first two profess their love for the King extravagantly — "I love you more than words can wield the matter / Dearer than eye-sight, space, and liberty" — but, as soon as he's out of earshot, they turn frosty.
The first two profess their love for the King extravagantly—"I love you more than words can wield the matter / Dearer than eye-sight, space, and liberty"—but, as soon as he's out of earshot, they turn frosty.
That said, he made the first real profess on nuclear conciliation with the Soviets, brought Communist China in from the cold and was progressive on women, race (ish), and the environment.
From the first, he professed a devotion to democracy and a loathing for the nation's ample supply of knavish politicians.
