On the steps is a machine-gun ready for action. The square is empty; only the streets that lead into it are jammed with people. It would be madness to go farther - the machine-gun is covering the square.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The Pawn moves only one square at a time, and that straight forward, except in the act of capturing, when it takes one step diagonally to the right or left file on to the square occupied by the man taken, and continues on that file until it captures another man.
I felt that if we, as the Met, were not intervening once one person starts digging up Parliament Square, then someone else is going to join in and you have a spiral.
Still round the corner there may wait, A new road or a secret gate.
When students and liberals initially occupied Tahrir Square, it looked like it might be a passing thing.
If you're walking down the right path and you're willing to keep walking, eventually you'll make progress.
I used to walk through the Old Times Square fearing for my life. Now I wouldn't be caught dead there.
In Israel, there is a peace camp that can convene 200,000 people in central square of this city, on very short notice, and there is a major movement among academics, politicians, thinkers, and public leaders for peace, even at a painful price. On the Palestinian side, you can find them individually here and there, but there is no public movement.
A stepping-stone can be a stumbling block if we can't see it until after we have tripped over it.
As people are walking all the time, in the same spot, a path appears.
The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps - we must step up the stairs.