Junior bankers at big banks said that they were not happy with
token gestures by their employers, aimed at placating them.
attack on Iraq, supposedly because of its weapons of mass destruction, the Bush administration is quietly increasing support to North Korea and China in exchange for
token gestures -- despite their being among the largest arms proliferators to unfriendly nations, including Iraq.
It will not be enough to make empty promises or
token gestures.
By definition, it is not equipped to challenge existing relations of power and distribution other than marginally, with
token gestures.
Often I just felt helpless, that all I could give were
token gestures, a smile, a hug, a game with the children, an ear to their problems.
Token gestures won't hide the fact that this is a Budget that gives with one hand and punches with the other.
It's no good making
token gestures for two hours and then blazing lights for seven weeks - the climate won't care.
People who use bikes claim they are being fobbed off with
token gestures instead of solid facilities that encourage people to cycle.
Why is it that if you speak English you are entitled to all the information available, but Welsh speakers have to be grateful that, cost permitting, a few
token gestures will be made to accommodate them?
What difference can these
token gestures possibly make to the global picture?
These are
token gestures from a Government desperate to be all things to all people.
They will be judged not on their
token gestures but on what they have or have not done to actually bring justice to Omagh, not wreaths.
