They hope it will function not only as a placid chronological way station for people moving through more than a millennium of Islamic history, but also as a symbol, amid potent anti-Islamic sentiment in the United States and Europe, that aesthetic and intellectual commerce remains alive between Islam and the West.
With its shifting moods captured beautifully by both Stan Ridgway's poignant score and Steve Adcock's evocative camera work, "Speedway Junky" is a potent mixture of sentiment and grit, and it showcases the talents of its young principals.
Although Europe's leaders agreed to support a $260.0 billion economic stimulus plan proposed by the European Commission on Friday, while Japan also proposed more measures to boost its economy, the threat of bankruptcy facing three major U.S. companies had a far more potent effect on investor sentiment.
That may seem like an unlikely card to play when jobs are being lost right and left, but the sentiment is potent none the less.
For a song that carries the torch of "Express Yourself," the singer dons a leotard reminiscent of 2005's iconic "Hung Up" and emerges victorious amid an army that stands no chance against a warrior who "picked up my crown [and] put it back on my head" -- a sentiment especially potent in the wake of the multiple leaks that have plagued her new music.
With Syrian refugees continuing to flee their country's prolonged and horrifying civil war, the inevitable influx of migrants into the relatively safer and more politically stable environs of Europe has come with a side effect: the rise of potent right wing political sentiment.
But what makes this one different is its combination of religion and not-in-my-backyard sentiments, a potent mix that MTA officials say has led to scare tactics and loaded rhetoric.
Now, a potent mix of negative business sentiment, a hard-hit banking system and a global downturn is working its way through Europe with a vengeance.
But the sentiment is particularly potent in the case of a country like Germany, which has been critical for a number of American intelligence operations.
Although the image of a white hippy tentatively depositing a flower in the barrel of a rifle is one of the most potent icons of anti-war sentiment from the 1960s, black Americans also fought against the draft.
