He holds up the palm of one hand in a gesture of protection; with another he points to his foot to indicate the refuge of his followers.
Surely there are many other groups out there who would vote for your party if you made a symbolic gesture of protection to them as well.
The duet's end is double-edged: the man places his hand over her eyes — usually any "blinding" gestures in Balanchine are toward men — but here it's part of a gesture of protection; he holds her safe.
When she talks about dating, it is to uncloak the farce of men walking women to their doors at the end of an evening out, in a gesture of protection.
Chloe looks up, wrapping her arms tight around herself in an instinctive gesture of protection, as if to reduce the exposed surface area of her body even as she manages a smile that is shy and skeptical and indulgent all at the same time.
In many Mediterranean cultures, it's a superstitious gesture for protection, sort of like knocking on wood.
In one modern form, the only variation from these old elements is that the lower-right hand does not hold the broken tusk but is turned towards the viewer in a gesture of protection or fearlessness (abhaya mudra).
Non-patient-centered statements ("meaningless routine", "take away compensation rights", "courtesy gesture", 'litigation protection", and "document patient's decision") were ranked better, whereas patient-centered statements ("help patient decide", "make sure patient understand", and "discover patient's preferences") were ranked worse according to perception of current practice.
Our gestures of protection sometimes become ones of destruction.
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