Soon afterward, though, hundreds and then thousands began to profess similar powers of divination.
Some critics have professed "unease" at the powers of the courts to confine people found not guilty by reason of insanity in mental hospitals, arguing that discussion of mental health should be limited to the mens rea of the crime; if the mental condition of the defendant voided the offence's mens rea, he should be acquitted.
The fact that both Mr. Putin and Mr. Medvedev are professed believers strengthens the normative power of the church and weakens the impulse to rehabilitate the Soviet past.
When Scott was designing Battersea power station, he professed "no brief either for the extreme diehard traditionalist or the extreme modernist and it seems to me idle to compare styles".
"Away from the language of intimidation and mistrust, speeding up the transfer of all powers to a civilian elected presidency is inevitable now," he said in a statement, noting that the military council has often professed to want to leave power as soon as possible.
"It is certainly not as crowded as it used to be," said Doreen Mogavero, 52, a veteran floor broker, who professed faith in the staying power of the downsized trading floor but admitted that she missed the tingle it used to generate.
A self-professed power-user, she frequently switches apps; but on iOS 7, this has caused headaches and feelings associated with motion sickness.
"The world is watching to see if China is really the global power it professes itself to be and the responsible power that it professes itself to be".
Dedicated to Joseph Beuys, who professed to believe in the healing powers of such everyday and abject substances as fat, felt and beeswax, Hiller points up the ridiculous idea that some water is inherently precious.
In 32 bce the triumvirate had officially ended, and Octavian, unlike Antony, professed no longer to be employing its powers.
A ten country ICM poll in 2004 reported that, despite falling church attendance, 67% of people in the United Kingdom professed a belief in God or a higher power.
