To make a difference, to have adventures, to expose lies, to hold governments to account, to bear witness, to take on authorities all over the world, to educate, entertain, enchant, enthral.
Philip Bowring, a former editor of The Review and a columnist with The International Herald Tribune, which is owned by The New York Times, said that the magazine, one of the oldest in Asia, had a history of taking on authority, including its major shareholders.
"There is a bit of random checking going on but they are taking on authority the certification provided by the exporting country.
And, with ever-greater frequency, I took on authority figures (translation: my parents) with the confidence Leia had used to take on the men in her life.
As in old Ealing comedies, small-timers take on big, bad authority figures.
Meanwhile, Hamas, very popular on the streets of Gaza and until now the main contender for the role of spoiler, is still bracing to take on the Palestinian Authority, several experts said.
"Most opinion writers are bullshitting most of the time, and yet they take on this unearned tone of authority," Texas said.
Scientists are discouraged from pursuing nonsexy projects such as double-checking published results, so the all-important process of investigating the reproducibility of previous findings falls by the wayside; the first published results take on an unwarranted aura of authority. .
Speaking about the launch of the petro, Maduro said: "Today, a cryptocurrency is being born that can take on Superman," referring to the authorities in Washington.
