And so, on Saturday night, Bob Arum, the company's wily founder and C.E.O., had to play two roles at once: in the ring, he grinned and grasped Bradley's head, in what looked like a gesture of warm congratulation; then, at the press conference, he solemnly said, "I have never been ashamed, as much, to be associated with the sport of boxing as I am tonight".
As a tangible gesture for congratulation, welcome, and goodbye, the lei is a physical manifestation of Hawaii's aloha spirit.
It started as a touching, light-hearted gesture of pride and congratulation, but Royal Mail's decision to paint postboxes gold in honour of medal-winning Olympians in their home towns is in danger of veering out of control as members of the public begin taking matters into their own hands.
Messages of congratulation from Washington, Tehran and beyond may be premature.
NEW ORLEANS — After Butler's charmed run to the national title game last year came up inches short of victory, President Obama made the rare gesture of telephoning the losing team to offer his congratulations.
When the song was over, he stood with his arms outstretched, guitar held out by its neck, a habitual gesture of his that seems to combine a sincere appetite for applause with half-ironic self-congratulation and a taskmaster's impatience for the guitar technician: it was time to swap out the Gibson.
A gesture of amused disbelief.
It was the gesture of a queen.
He himself offered no gesture of reconciliation.
The gesture of exasperation was priceless.
Gesture of Care for Sister.
