But they'll need to be simple, strong acts of deterrence to preserve order.
The work is sometimes deep, sometimes shallow, sometimes serious, sometimes silly, but the whole is never less than provocative, and perhaps that is its strongest act of resistance in a world where big art events are increasingly homogenous supermarkets for the uber rich.
Some of the strongest acts on Russia's YouTube are bands and performers who have taken rock, rap, parody and satire to a new level in Russia's political culture, delivering their anti-government messages with irony and biting humor.
Mr. Babbitt said that a strong act could leave "a legacy of parks, green space, wildlife habitat and recreational and historic treasures for future generations".
We can't let that happen, and this strong collaborative act of investigation, intervention, and enforcement is a loud step toward our shared goal of wiping out cockfighting in this country.
MTV's Josh Wigler also enjoyed the shapeshifter plot, and wrote that "the latest episode of Fringe marks four fantastic installments in a row, instantly establishing season three as having the strongest opening act of any other previous year in the science fiction series.
With Strauss, more than many other composers, this translation requires a particularly strong and decisive act of the interpretive imagination.
"An art gallery sends a very strong message to the world that we are creative and peaceful, and I want this to be stronger than the act of a suicide bomber," Mr. Pasha said as he toured the gallery on a recent morning.
The Italian foreign ministry expressed "deep horror over the barbaric murder" and denounced "in the strongest manner the act of vile and senseless violence committed by extremists who are indifferent to the value of human life".
