Sentence examples for historical gesture from inspiring English sources
Both men, perhaps especially Nixon, were self-conscious about making a grand historical gesture.
If you set out to make a historical gesture you might get a hot five minutes, but you'll probably end up making nothing.
Of course, it may turn out that what you do is a historical gesture, but your motive for doing it has to be more gut-level than that".
There are no sweeping historical gestures in Bolaño.
The grand historical gestures are mounted next to smaller yet powerful moments of black humanity: There's a couple getting married; a girl looking at her body in the mirror; a pin-up; and then there are many of black people at home or at work in their communal gardens, artists in their studios reshaping portraiture.
But in earnestness and for art historical purpose, "Hannah Wilke: Gestures" sets a standard to which most museum shows don't even bother to aspire.
Mr. Bush's success is partly the result of his aides' intensely examining previous transitions, scouring the historical record for gestures and timetables -- and even interviewing important players from past administrations.
This morning, Mr. Putin visited a Russian cemetery in Ste.-Genevieve-des-Bois and made a gesture of historical reconciliation.
On the other hand, there's a gesture to historical accuracy when we see a photographer gleefully taking pictures.
At the time, I didn't understand the historical resonance of this gesture, which reproduced that of former slaves at 19th-century abolitionist meetings, baring their backs to show the gouges of the whip.
It's worth spending a good time with the package, which includes looks at the historical meaning of the gesture — from Alexander Hamilton's worries about juries to the trouble Ford had with Nixon and Bill Clinton did with Marc Rich — and looks deeply at those who have been granted forgiveness, and those who have not.
