Word: symbolization
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Recent short stories in America are chronicling the American malaise of boredom. In much the same way that Latin American writers have made the novel a symbol of the fantastic convolutions and discombobulations of their history, American short story writers choose their form to mimic the small problems that beset us. A novel about boredom would be boring...
...between the U.S. and the Soviets, which included the no-contest plea and departure of Soviet Spy Gennadi Zakharov, the imminent release of Soviet Dissident Yuri Orlov, and the softening of a U.S. order expelling 25 Soviet employees at the U.N. For 31 days, Daniloff had been the human symbol of the tense, complicated maneuverings between the superpowers. Yet throughout his publicized ordeal, he had not merely symbolized the difficult bargaining between Reagan and Gorbachev but had become a participant, publicly insisting that he not be traded as a spy, commenting on Soviet-American relations and urging that his personal...
Despite great expectations, some fear that an INF deal could undermine NATO's credibility, since the missiles have become a symbol of U.S. commitment to the alliance's defense. "There are bound to be some accusations that we cried wolf," says one European official. But a European defense expert argues that reduction would not equal a policy shift. "The decision in 1979 to modernize was a two-track decision," he says. "One of the tracks was deployment, the other was arms control. We were always ready to trade those systems...
...room in an expensive West African hotel has most of the amenities of Western accommodations. But the radio and television sets do not work, nor does the telephone. As for the hot-water faucet, it has never even been connected. A perfect symbol, our guide tells us, for the central contradiction of a continent: Westernization is only a facade that hides the "realities of Africa...
...October 9, "Boyd's Eye View" cartoon depicts John Harvard stuck to a tar-baby labeled "South Africa." A tar baby is a racist symbol out of Southern slave-culture as well as an insulting term for a Black person. Its use in the cartoon is both inappropriate and offensive, and I hope that The Crimson will print an apology. Yongjin...