The da Cunha exhibit opened in July, shortly after the
Figurehead and Biscuit pieces shipped.
But when the
figurehead is taken down to undergo much-needed restoration, Vicki sneaks into the attic where it is being stored and makes an amazing discovery: there appears to be a photograph embedded inside the hollow head, of a man hanging on a ship.
These include Isaac Fowles's beautiful full-length female
figurehead Lady with a Scarf, carved during the 1820s and now part of the Bostonian Society collection at the Old State House in Boston, and the magnificent Peace, one of the truly great maritime-related carvings to have survived.
More accessible than the moody, undiplomatic, media-shy Kudelka, the glamorous Kain has proved herself tough and resourceful, and would be much more than a
figurehead.
Struggling to defend themselves against attacks on their lives, an attempted murder charge, and a sinister plot that endangers thousands of lives--including that of a Russian ballerina desperate to escape the clutches of brooding master musician and Russian Mafia
figurehead.
let Japan know their Emperor could stay on as a
figurehead, and when the Soviet army attacked.
Honorary positions on charitable executive boards and
figurehead positions as chief executive officer or president are quite a distinction and often highly valued by those appointed, but danger exists if the company or organization fails to pay its payroll taxes.
Graham, who was tapped by Reed to serve as a
figurehead, insisted that he was acting as a private citizen, not as outgoing president of the denomination--even though the event took place during the SBC's annual meeting.
The details of his alleged telephone-tapping scandal are bad enough--as is the very strong probability that his company, Takefuji, may cave in as a result of losing its
figurehead and founder.
As Protestant warrior queen and militant protectress of international Calvinism, she dominates the oppositional discourses of the period, a glorious foil setting off the alleged failings of her successors; but Stuart texts also represent her as benevolent and majestic absolutist facing down an insubordinate Commons; as master-architect of a via media between prerogative and Parliamentary rule; as female
figurehead deferring to the masculine wisdom of her advisors; as Machiavellian despot; as the "embodiment of Whiggery" (109).
In other words, you cannot have a minority or woman just as a
figurehead.
government under President Bush has forced the Park Service to become a great
figurehead that only serves itself, not the people.
