Word: symbolization
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...alas, no rose is without a thorn. Some have suggested the rose is somehow too genteel, too proper to be the American symbol. Much better the rangy sunflower or the homespun black-eyed Susan. "Most of the beautiful roses we cherish are European roses," said Stanwyn Shetler of the National Museum of Natural History, who testified against the rose and advocated, instead, the phlox. Moreover, like many homegrown American products, the new symbol is prey to foreign infestation, the rose's principal enemy being the Japanese beetle. Despite a few cavils, there seems little doubt that President Reagan will sign...
Conservatives at Dartmouth have lately begun to rally around the old Indian symbol. In their support, they even published a survey of 100 authentic Indian chiefs, all of whom allegedly approved of Dartmouth's Native American nomenclature...
Although his confirmation as the 16th Chief Justice of the U.S. was all but certain, William Rehnquist received only grudging approval from the U.S. Senate last week. Democrats castigated his caustic opposition to civil rights programs and questioned his ability to serve as a "symbol of justice" for the nation. Republican Charles Mathias of Maryland objected to Rehnquist's failure in 1972 to withdraw as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court from a civil liberties case that he had worked on as an Assistant Attorney General...
Whether the CBS shuffle actually amounts to a return to halcyon days of yore is debatable. The return of Paley provides a powerful symbol of continuity at the tradition-minded network. But Tisch, though a respected executive, has no experience in broadcasting. As equal partner in Manhattan- based Loews Corp. with his brother Preston Robert, Tisch controls holdings in hotels, tobacco and insurance worth an estimated $17.5 billion. His CBS appointment immediately raised the question of how he would balance the demands of public service and the bottom line. On that score Tisch offered quick words of reassurance...
...minute meeting last week with Winnie Mandela, wife of Nelson Mandela, the imprisoned South African black activist. Winnie Mandela also admitted to being moved by the American's visit to her red brick home in Soweto, the sprawling black township on the outskirts of Johannesburg. Calling King "a symbol of what my people continue sacrificing for," she added, "We draw a great deal of inspiration from her strength and courage." For King, who was in South Africa for the installation of Desmond Tutu as Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, the highly charged meeting was one of the less controversial moments...