Word: symbolization
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Peter S. Chandler, a Div School student who coordinated the fasters' weekend activities, said Memorial Church was chosen as the site for the vigil because "the church is a universal symbol of conscience...
...gathering, originally proposed by the Corporation as a substitute for an open meeting with students, has become a symbol of the new-found "consensus" politics that seem to dominate student activism...
...darkness fell over Jerusalem's Old City last Wednesday, Orthodox Jews recited evening prayers at the Western Wall, the remains of King Herod's great temple and the symbol of the fall of Israel two millenniums ago. Armed border police stood guard against terrorists while 1,500 leaders of the Diaspora, more than half of them Americans, assembled for a "Conference on Jewish Solidarity with Israel." Mordechai Gur, commander of the troops that wrested the Old City from Jordan in 1967, read a closing proclamation: "We support the democratically elected government of national unity in its efforts to achieve peace...
Despite its theological proppings, A Prayer for Owen Meany is a fable of political predestination. As usual, Irving delivers a boisterous cast, a spirited story line and a quality of prose that is frequently underestimated, even by his admirers. On the other hand, the novel invites trespass by symbol hunters. One can easily imagine college sophomores arguing over the meaning of a stuffed armadillo that has had its claws removed, or the significance of Wheelwright's carrying his small friend on his shoulders to slam-dunk a basketball. For graduate students there is the fact that Meany shares more than...
While bulging biceps are the most readily available and even highly valued symbol of external fitness, the true path to total fitness lies in the heart...