Word: symbolization
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When Renault bought 37% of Nissan in March 1999, analysts thought the French had flipped. Once a symbol of Japan as global industrial powerhouse, the automaker was on the verge of bankruptcy, $22 billion in debt and had a moribund sales record. As with so many other Japanese companies, Nissan had become arrogant and oblivious to changes in the market, and the old-boy network that ran the Tokyo-based company simply didn't feel like answering a new call--and certainly not one from a foreign master...
TIME's argument for naming Bush is that this was a historic election, one that will be cited in the century to come, and that whoever was the survivor would be a "symbol of a historic showdown." True, but Bush was not the sole cause of the great drama, simply its beneficiary. He was a part of the action, but so were Vice President Al Gore, Ralph Nader, the designers of the Florida ballot and the Founding Fathers, who created the Electoral College. Bush has not done one thing to effect change on anyone so far. I congratulate...
...Something about Brazil No. 1: Don't make the OK symbol with your hands - it's like an upraised middle finger here...
...Corcovado is Cristo Redentor, the huge statue of Christ with his arms stretched out that's become a symbol of Rio. It was completed in 1931, stands 100 feet tall and weighs 1,145 tons. In the base of the statue is a small chapel with a few wooden seats, a red carpet, and a marble altar with purple flowers set in vases on top. Visitors throw bills and coins on the carpet and say prayers...
...Olympic gold-medal winner and symbol of her people's pride...