It represents a gesture of confidence in, and solidarity with, the entire New York region.
Once again, the psychological connections turned a gesture of confidence into a vulgar and boastful contortion.
While the 2013 Orioles will be strengthened by the return of Nick Markakis and Brian Roberts, both of whom were injured for the playoff run last October, the team's lack of activity over the winter is, in its own way, a gesture of confidence and stability — albeit a much less showy one than signing a superstar for $200 million.
I'm not sure there are new revelations in any of this, but there may be something that is worth remembering - when your path crosses with someone who needs a word of encouragement, a gesture of confidence or a touch of the hand, the true meaning of your place on earth is never clear.
Sullivan's scholarship was extended to a second year, and in 1858 in what the biographer Arthur Jacobs calls an "extraordinary gesture of confidence" the scholarship committee extended his grant for a third year so that he could study in Germany, at the Leipzig Conservatoire.
And when you get it right it feels like a gesture of supreme confidence.
In May, Mr. Kelly held a news conference announcing the arrest, a bold gesture of his confidence that Mr. Hernandez was the killer.
For Aden, the blast was a major setback, striking as it did at an operation, United States Navy refueling, that was agreed to in 1999 as a gesture of American confidence in President Saleh.
Maybe a few more disgruntled ex-subscribers should reallocate some of the resources they might have squandered on one more book about Dylan and give NME another chance for a few weeks – if only as a gesture of collective confidence in music journalism having a future as well as a past.
Trade, but without preferential alliances and other gestures of friendship and confidence, will be the right policy as long as Cuba remains the only country in the Americas where political freedom is wholly absent.
