Word: symbolism
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Candidate Hoover was described by Willis J. Abbot as "a stocky blond . . . who always wears a Derby hat!"?although he almost never wears one, and although even morons know that the "Derby" is the symbol of Candidate Smith. Incidentally the picture of Candidate Hoover published by Britannia showed him soft-hatted. Willis J. Abbot added that Herbert Hoover "looks like a 'Herb...
...Buganda only the Kabaka himself may step upon a leopard skin, symbol of Royalty. But last week the Kabaka, clad in robes of blue and gold, led Edward of Wales to a throne chair set up beside his own and resting upon leopard skins...
Contrastingly dignified was the solemn investiture and swearing in of President Chiang Kai-shek. Since religion has been utterly divorced from Nationalism, no Bible or other symbol of the supernatural was in evidence. The new Chief Executive simply bowed three times before a portrait of the late Dr. Sun Yat-sen (founder of the Nationalist Party), swore to uphold Dr. Sun's famed Three Nationalist Principles, and finally invoked three times as a potent witness the spirit of SUN YATSEN. When President Chiang had thus sworn, he was followed in the same ritual by five lesser Presidents, each of whom...
Perhaps a cartoonist can defeat a college. The Yale game may see the names of Harvard and Ophelia joined against the more characteristic symbol of New Haven. But if Ophelia makes a second appearance at the Dartmouth game it will be on account of a misunderstanding between her manager and the great, contented, mascotless majority of students. It is not alone long association of Ophelia, the River, and that Sinking Feeling that is prejudicial to Ophelia's future. It is rather that one simply must be educated to changes like this...
...forgery in the list of the Harvard Hoover for President Club may well be regarded as the climax of a campaign noted for its harsh feeling and outspoken whispers. The right minded will feel it doubly regrettable that this diablerie was discovered on the day that the Republican symbol was present, if not articulate, without the gates...