"There is a certain power statement that says: 'We can laugh at this.
High heels are a more consistent power statement, but they hurt too much.
Under cross-examination, Ms. Sprague told Mr. Keahon that she first spoke with a detective about the case in November 2008, shortly after the stabbing, but did not mention Mr. Conroy's white-power statement at the time.
So many people of my generation and younger have let me know that they were hoping I would win as a sort of "oldie-power" statement, a validation of their potential for strength, achievement and vitality.
Power statement No, wait, I lied the power statement is the biggest bullcrap section of your resume.
The dependent variables were as follows, with the benefit statements they mapped to in parentheses: 1) market channel (statement 1), 2) proximity (statement 3), 3) services (statement 5), 4) producer price (statement 6), 5) bargaining power (statement 8), and 6) control (statement 11).
But that "power" statement stands out.
In 1968, the Court of Appeals failed to vindicate Ali, Dr. King was assassinated, and runners Tommie Smith and John Carlos made a pro-black power statement by raising their fists and bowing their heads on the medal stand at the Mexico City Olympics.
It wasn't that long ago that Raf Simons and Kim Jones of Louis Vuitton were making elite power statements; during the recession, Mr. Simons predicted that young men, concerned about jobs, would want tailored clothes.
Mr. Park, 28, slipped across the frozen Tumen River into North Korea carrying letters calling on its leader, Kim Jong-il, to close the country's notoriously brutal prison camps and step down from power — statements that could bring a death sentence.
