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Consider recycling, which is often just a feel-good gesture with little environmental benefit and significant cost.
So it is unfortunate that Obama recently withdrew his proposal to change the traditional index, preferring the political gesture of “protecting Social Security benefits” to the more responsible policy of correcting the way that benefits and taxes reflect rising prices.
Agreement by the G-8 to debt relief is a major event, but we should not be fooled by the seeming magnanimity of the gesture: much of the debt would not have been repaid in any case.
It is hardly encouraging that there has not been any serious gesture toward the country from the US or the EU since Rowhani’s election victory in June.
And early this month, California Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill declaring California a “sanctuary state” – a mostly symbolic gesture indicating that the state will not fully cooperate with the Trump administration’s efforts to enforce federal immigration law.
In return, the Cuban regime made a sham gesture by releasing a small number of the prisoners of conscience – mostly those who were tortured and seriously ill – who the regime most feared would die in its notorious prisons.
To make the point that all institutions are equally suspect, he created an exhibition entitled “Fuck off,” in which he shows photographs of himself with an obscene hand gesture in front of famous monuments: the Doge’s palace in Venice, once the commercial capital of the world, the Eiffel Tower, the White House, and the Forbidden City in Beijing.
Still, even as a symbolic gesture, the context of Bush’s decision to remove North Korea from the list was entirely different from that of Trump’s decision to restore it.
But that would presuppose a small gesture towards the Palestinians, whom Israelis regard as being so deeply divided among themselves that no progress toward a peace settlement seems possible.
Likewise, Israel must reciprocate every gesture of good will from Hamas, however psychologically difficult this may be.
Paragraph 9.2 of the plan states that the government does not issue any appeal for foreign assistance in the wake of a disaster, but can accept such assistance, if another national government offers it voluntarily, “as a goodwill gesture in solidarity with the disaster victims.”
In a public gesture of despair, Cherkesov admitted the failure of Putin’s project to reanimate Russian governance by subordinating it to the security services.
But the West did not appreciate this gesture.
We turned our begging bowls upside down as a gesture of our feelings.
At the time, the gesture was largely symbolic, as Ukraine was part of the Soviet Union and few could envisage an independent Ukraine.
Her decision to welcome more than one million refugees was an uncharacteristically bold humanitarian gesture.
The time has come, he said, for “our English friends” to understand that they have to make a gesture of solidarity, and renounce the rebate negotiated by Thatcher.
When Ukrainian civil society proclaims its love for the EU and Putin interprets that as a hostile gesture directed at Russia, its members take Putin’s side against Europe.
But he adopted his stance just three days after the terrorist attacks, when he felt that the country needed a strong gesture from its leader that would signal his determination to do whatever it took to fight terrorism – and punish its perpetrators.
That is why it is France that must make the gesture of pardon....It is only I who can reconcile France and Germany, because only I can raise Germany from its decadence.”
The most significant gesture was Chirac's recent TV speech, in which he choose to inscribe his old rival in the continuity of the Nation's history.
The fallout has shown the potential impact of an alleged gesture, especially in troubled times.
But, with a strong sense of purpose, a united approach, and perhaps a positive gesture or two, it can be accomplished.
That is a significant gesture, but, since the country is part of the European Union’s emissions-trading scheme, it will mean absolutely nothing for global CO2 emissions.
Unfortunately, the window of opportunity for such a gesture to be viewed in Europe as a much-awaited olive branch – and a sign of real American strength and conviction – is closing fast.
While a praiseworthy gesture, it cannot be converted into reality unless Mr Kuchma stands aside and allows the investigation to go forward.
True, NAFTA is only an economic-not a political - union, and no symbolic gesture like the creation of a common currency is contemplated.
In light of America’s current difficulties, its new proposal for addressing the perennial problem of global imbalances should be seen as a constructive gesture.
His post-election victory speech in May was accompanied by the EU anthem, Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy” – a strong symbolic gesture.
They will frame Trump’s willingness to meet Kim as a welcome first step along the road to denuclearization; and they will return the gesture with some corresponding concession, such as a freeze on testing nuclear weapons or long-range missiles.
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