"I am a glory that Libya cannot forgo and the Libyan people cannot forgo, nor the Arab nation, nor the Islamic nation, nor Africa, nor Latin America, nor all the nations that desire freedom and human dignity and resist tyranny!" Colonel Qaddafi shouted in February.
Also, out of respect for the visiting nations, the desire to be a good host -- and the need to have a very big party -- this moment will be a collective, cathartic experience for many Vancouverites.
Led by industrialized nations, the desire for evermore material wealth and power has resulted in the reckless destruction of land and water, excessive use of fossil fuels, massive amounts of solid and toxic waste, and other practices that are disrupting the Earth's climate.
Obama seized on the nation's desire for change, and the changes in the nation itself, to become the most powerful leader in the world.
Our own nation's desire for toothy dazzle started in the 90s.
The administration feared being seen as acceding too quickly to a host nation's desire for the United States to reduce its forward military footprint.
There is a darker current under the ahistoricism and determined innocence, the nation's desire to clean up the past, to distance itself from its self-inflicted scars.
"The minister has made a strong decision, reflecting the strength of the nation's desire to see government protecting precious wildlife," said Martin Harper, the RSPB's conservation director.
THE Christmas season should be a time of renewed optimism, but the weak economy and the prospect of war seem to have dampened more than the nation's desire to shop.
