Word: symbolization
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...manifestation of Reagan era jingoism. The capitalists in Tinsletown want to cash in on the rising tide of cultural bias. Thus, the emerging genre of movies that are cinematic representations of the ultra-conservative Id. This new genre usually features an actor such as Schwarzenegger, Stallone or some other symbol of the American y-chromosome bounding about blasting anyone with an accent or a darker skin tone. Commando is such a byproduct of political isolationism and flat-out hate...
...easy. Though his alliance with Arafat has never been more than a marriage of convenience on both sides, Arafat needs to demonstrate a hold on P.L.O. factions outside Arafat's own group, Fatah; Abbas is very nearly the only splinter leader available for that purpose. He is also a symbol of a particular type of Palestinian: the generation that grew up in refugee camps, became guerrillas in early manhood, and never accepted any goal but the establishment of a full-fledged Palestinian state, or any method of achieving it except armed struggle. He is not an especially appealing symbol. Abbas...
...future settlement, feel that writing off Arafat is far easier said than done. He is, in many ways, a Lazarus, continually belying his obituary. Despite the embarrassment and setbacks it has suffered, the P.L.O. has not stopped being, as one U.S. diplomat put it, the "only available symbol" to most Palestinians of their national cause...
...token of his appreciation, Slive said that he gave a tin cup to each of the people who helped to make the miracle happen. "The tin cup was a symbol of the whole operation because we literally had to beg for money," Slive said...
...change from corn to cars. Chrysler Chairman Lee Iacocca and Mitsubishi President Toyoo Tate announced last week that they had picked a 636-acre site just west of the central Illinois cities as the location for Diamond-Star Motors, a new joint venture. So named because Mitsubishi's corporate symbol consists of three diamonds and Chrysler's is a star, Diamond-Star plans to build 180,000 subcompact cars annually, beginning in 1988. Each company is investing about $250 million in the Bloomington-Normal factory, and its output will be split evenly between Chrysler and Mitsubishi dealers. Mitsubishi, though, will...