His most notable gesture of concern — a melodramatic call last month to suspend his campaign and postpone the first Presidential debate until the government bailout plan was ready — soon revealed itself as an empty diversionary tactic.
While religious conservatives wring their hands in a gesture of concern, the black irony of the whole debacle is that their pathological fixation on sexuality stigmatises the very youth they ostensibly care for.
We always took this beautiful gesture of concern in the spirit it was given and were, in fact, deeply appreciative of these questions.
In fact, Obama's belated gesture of concern does little to roll back the deadly menace of overzealous police agencies corrupted by money, power and institutional immunity.
Not once did I see a gesture of concern about my physical well-being or hear the words "I'm sorry" or "Are you okay?" Under my breath, an involuntary word erupted but we kept on walking.
I will never forget Paul's gesture of care and concern in coming to see us".
In a subsequent statement, Wheaton College President Dr. Philip Ryken said, "The College has no stated position on the wearing of headscarves as a gesture of care and concern for those in Muslim or other religious communities that may face discrimination or persecution".
Philip G. Ryken, the president of Wheaton College, emphasized that it was Professor Hawkins's words, not her wearing the headscarf, that was the reason for her being placed on leave, as Wheaton had "no stated position on the wearing of head scarves as a gesture of care and concern for those in Muslim or other religious communities that may face discrimination or persecution".
They were also given a single $500 travel voucher "as a gesture of our concern" over their treatment in India.
HIS visit to Nigeria this weekend is a welcome gesture of continued concern for Africa at the end of Bill Clinton's presidential term.
