A woman is as "young and slight as a watercolor, a mere gesture of bones and features".
Was this a mere gesture of defiance, or has there been a shifting of public opinion in the two months since General Pervez Musharraf seized power in a visibly popular military coup?
In some of these situations I remember weirding people out by the mere gesture of these actions.
This is not a mere gesture of solidarity, it is empowerment with education, compassion, and a clear message that we are the United States, and we will remain so against all attempts to divide us.
So he decided, initially as a mere gesture, to send his forces ostentatiously into the Sinai peninsula.
"We have a political leadership, in both Dilma and in the Congress, that, because it doesn't have a clear understanding of what is happening, is answering with mere gestures," said Cristovam Buarque, a senator and former education minister.
Stamina and muscle, not mere gestures, are at work here.
Some will dismiss these acts as mere gestures, even publicity stunts.
How can we move beyond mere gestures at patient safety to actually keep students safe?
The result is an architectural plagiarism that's eclectic and imprecise, a hodgepodge of form and decoration that typically remains at the level of mere gesture: it lacks detail and seems to be saying, "Here is a symbol of a cornice" or "This is meant to indicate the setback style".
