It certainly did on the day a few years ago, when a group of his supporters broke away from his annual May Day Joan of Arc parade in Paris.

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The team finished 59.3% (16 for 27) from behind the arc on the day, and 54.2% overall.

WSJ: Who Needs to Play Defense?

Its arresting first images of sea and sky evoke a vast historical arc in which her modern-day subjects mainly, a seemingly timeless horde of salt miners on their rugged and monotonous rounds gradually emerge from teeming anonymity.

NEWYORKER: Araya

The senior forward was 6 for 6 on 3s against Pittsburgh the Big East tournament record for 3s without a miss a day after going 6 for 9 from beyond the arc against Seton Hall.

WSJ: No. 19 Syracuse beats No. 17 Pittsburgh 62-59

Placing five conversing pairs people, gods, spirits, and a Huillet-like muse inspiring a Straub-like Hesiod in Italian landscapes seemingly untouched for millennia, the directors describe a colossal arc from mythic prehistory to the present day and depict the wary mutual dependence of divine and human affairs.

NEWYORKER: These Encounters of Theirs

It's the answer that led those who have been told for so long by so many to be cynical, and fearful, and doubtful of what we can achieve to put their hands on the arc of history and bend it once more toward the hope of a better day.

NPR: Transcript Of Barack Obama's Victory Speech

President-elect BARACK OBAMA: It's the answer that led those who've been told for so long by so many to be cynical and fearful and doubtful about what we can achieve to put their hands on the arc of history and bend it once more toward the hope of a better day.

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