The minister referred to the second world war in explaining historical limits on Japan's military posture.
It is an abundant literature packed with historical analogies, philosophical hair-splitting, political posturing and interesting digressions.
But it seemed curious to garb the Male and Female Choruses (Tyler S. Nelson and Arianna Zukerman) as modern-day evangelicals helping to narrate a historical parable, then press them into postures of barely concealed desire for each other.
The Voices of History framework outlined in Coffin (2006, 150-151) offers a powerful set of tools for illuminating how authors of historical texts take up different evaluative postures, or "voices" in various history genres (see also Coffin 2000, 381 399).
In a profession often associated with showmanship and ego, Ban's work appears humble, and appropriate to a historical moment that celebrates altruism, or its posture.
The use of a high/low parameter rather than a positive/negative binary enables the authorial voice to simultaneously intrude into the text, showing an historical 'mind at work', whilst maintaining a posture of aloofness and neutrality.
Second, we found the same historical trend in elevation angle in standard, easily achievable postures (Figure 2C) and in more physically demanding postures (Figure 2A).
Japan's reluctance to reassume an imperial posture is telling, more a function of historical memory than of military capability.
The first two years of any presidential term are when Congress, at least by historical precedent, is typically more productive — before the political posturing for the next election takes over.
The historical trend in the case of the easier, supported postures is unlikely to be due to changing levels of motor skill, since these positions are not particularly challenging.
