Word: symbol
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Dumas is becoming a symbol of a growing belief among blacks that busing is not the solution to the ferocious problems afflicting inner-city schools. In the past, all-black schools were considered by many blacks and white liberals an anathema to be destroyed by court order. No longer. They are a growing phenomenon in urban America, as whites continue to flee to the suburbs. Unlike the institutions created by the forced segregation that existed until the Supreme Court outlawed the practice in 1954, these schools are a function of changing demography, not of statutes. Disillusioned and frustrated...
...City of Cambridge recently became the center of controversy when some city councillors objected to the public display of a Christmas tree. The council voted to substitute a more universal seasonal symbol--a "peace tree...
...Councillor Sheila T. Russell, who sponsored the order calling for the Christmas tree, said she was surprised at the objections. She said the tree was a holiday symbol, with no specific religious conotations...
...taking ourselves too seriously," said Councillor William H. Walsh. "A Christmas tree is not a symbol of religion--it is purely a holiday symbol...I don't think this is something to be offended...
Although the order, as passed, did not specify what type of "universal" symbol should be placed in the lobby, Cyr suggested that a snowman might be in order...