Endlessly changing, apparently arbitrary and frequently contradictory, they seem to defy all logic – but if one common purpose can unite them, it must be the creation of image.
To regain legitimacy, Karzai's most immediate goal must be the creation of a government that can deliver core functions to the people.
If we wish to define ourselves as being on the left, then that principle must be the creation of a better society through the redistribution of resources from the wealthy to the poor.
"The cornerstones of the proposed framework must be the creation of a strong, independent WHO centre to lead outbreak preparedness and response, and an expert body to galvanise the research and development of vaccines, therapies, diagnostics and other tools," he said.
Some officials insist that Baba Jukwa must be the creation of Zanu-PF's bitter political rivals - now uneasy partners in a power-sharing government - the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC).
The solution must be the creation of a clearly defined and credible procedure through which would-be leakers can bring their concerns to an independent panel of experts who can make a formal and professional determination whether the information at issue should be declassified.
However this is unlikely as, although relatively slow, the rate of cellulose hydrolysis indicates that there must be some creation of new surfaces within the cellulose matrix.
In these motifs of sacrifice, something similar to the qualification of the undifferentiated matter of creation is suggested, for, just as the primal stuff of creation must be differentiated before the world appears, the sacrifice of primordial beings is a destruction of the primal totality for the sake of a specific creation.
Achebe insists that in its form and content the African novel must be an indigenous creation.
And with new ballets being given premiers each week alongside repertory mainstays this season, preservation must be weighed against creation at every level.
