Word: emblems
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...national teams' emblem, the springbok holds a place of respect in the record books. But as a symbol of apartheid, this graceful African gazelle became an endangered species on the world's playing fields because of boycotts by sports organizations. Now that South Africa is allowed to play again, the sporting springbok is threatened anew...
...October/November issue of the conservative student magazine devoted most of its 55 pages to articles on what its writers called "a bad alternative" to heterosexuality. The magazine's cover featured an exploding pink triangle. The pink triangle is the emblem of gay identity...
...expansive, Demirel customarily promises a lot more than his competitors. In the recent campaign, he told audiences that he would like to give two keys to every Turkish citizen -- one for a house, the other for a car. Demirel's political road show included a white stallion, the emblem of his party, and a rider. Horse and rider would rear up at the end of a fiery speech by Demirel, who would have sworn to sweep away Ozal, "his crown, his throne...
...Disaster Relief, a charity for victims of catastrophes around the world. Parker, whose pens have been used to sign the arms-control treaties, is offering a range of instruments from a humble ball-point for $30 to a top-of-the-line fountain pen for $300. Each carries an emblem forged from the melted-down missiles...
...part of Foster's teen prophesy proved timid. She directed herself as the mother. Destiny, if not autobiography, demanded it. Not that this is the Brandy and Jodie Foster story; that would be too simple. It is more aptly an emblem of the strength, intelligence and self-awareness Jodie Foster has applied to ensure that a perishable commodity (actor) becomes a lasting presence. The movie can stand as both an artful commentary on growing up strange and a calling-card film for a director who promises much and delivers most of it. Still, reverberations from Foster's extraordinary youth pulse...