On Weibo, tween girls profess feeling a genuine "bond" with the stars.
Demonstrators took to the streets in a uniquely Californian way, by marching onto the 10 freeway, embodying the vulnerability many African-Americans have professed to feeling in the aftermath of the verdict and, at the same time, proving the traffic-stopping power of collective action.
Onstage and off, Mirren has been defined by her intelligence; however, she still professes to "feeling rather stupid," a sense of deficit that, incidentally, makes her a good audience.
Actually, Messiaen was defensive about the suggestion that he was influenced by jazz, for which he professed no feeling.
Testimonials to their dedication were presented by their superiors while the soldiers unabashedly professed their feeling for their fellow troopers.
Belgium / Brussels La Monnaie/De Munt www.demunt.be In the face of current world events, Peter de Caluwe, the director of the opera house, has professed a feeling of rebelliousness, and he turns to operas to re-explore traditional values that are all too often ignored by world leaders.
In Djerba, a resort island on the southeastern coast, I met Fady Ben Youness, a teen-ager who watches "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver," aspires to study at an American university, and professed to be "feeling the Bern".
As he commented on the end of his seventh year in office last week, President Clinton professed to be "feeling good and grateful" about his time in the White House, and he spoke about his eagerness "to milk every last moment of every day".
Yet despite this support, few young people of any ethnic background in Kosovo profess to feeling truly free.
Older Japanese like Mr. Toyoda, the laid-off salaryman, also profess a feeling of betrayal, in their case at losing lifetime job guarantees that were once the norm here.
