So Handel and Isaiah did comfort through to the closing, part two's thumping chorus of "King of Kings, Lord of Lords!" Those in the audience stood and merrily sang along, fulfilling tradition and in a handy posture to get back to the rush hour.
Polidori has learned from Byron that "one needs a pose, a posture, to get what one wants"; Eliza is a childlike and bookish ingénue who is "capable of believing anything she thinks", provided it will satisfy her craving for "intrigue" and (ideally) betterment.
With two maimed front legs, Pedals, an American black bear who displays remarkably good posture, manages to get around on his hind legs.
Her balance of postures seems to get the knots out, and does so in a meditative way.
MR: You know, we watch political debates with all the see-through pandering, nonsense, and posturing these people do to get a vote.
Put together a financial crisis, the better part of a trillion dollars of taxpayers' money and politicians preparing for elections and you are sure to get acrimony, posturing and demagoguery.
"I think some of this is posturing by the prosecutors just to get a big number out there and then negotiate off of it," said Adam Feinstein, a Lehman Brothers analyst.
It's the single issue that's been dominating the news of late, but finally, after weeks of debate and posturing, we're going to get to vote on Europe.
It's LL Cool J, not Paisley, who delivers the song's most puzzling lines, adopting an oddly supplicatory posture: "You should try to get to know me, I really wish you would," he raps, adding, "I want you to get paid, but be a slave, I never could".
The benefits attributed to yoga – increased flexibility and strength, more energy and better posture – should be enough to get anyone on the mat, especially now there is a plethora of classes to choose from if you want to work on your core, break a sweat or even learn handstands.
