Word: symbolization
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...relations of the principals and their place within the larger historical upheaval. In one excellent scene, Schanberg tries to question an American official in a warehouse filled with Coca-Cola. Suddenly a mortar barrage blasts the warehouse of cans into gooey scrap, providing the answers Schanberg needed and a symbol of the tenuousness of the Western presence in Indochina...
This slightly mad reaction to a grisly burst of violence owes much to the fact that the story instantly took on the form of a morality play. (In fact two columnists, on the same day, headlined their comments on the shooting with that phrase.) SYMBOL OF SUBTERRANEAN VENGEANCE, the Washington Post called Goetz. But no one remains a symbol, no story remains abstract forever. Mayors and editorialists can take heart: as soon as reality sets in, the glamour will fade, and the people will come to their senses...
...last 42 arguments, you have been telling me that men not only have trouble expressing their feelings, they may even be emotionally tone deaf. Wouldn't it be logical for you to argue that women , smile more because they are less blocked emotionally, not because niceness is a symbol of servitude...
There were other symptoms and ceremonies of healing. The Fourth of July was the most spectacular celebration since the Bicentennial. The Statue of Liberty, swaddled in scaffolding, began a $30 million, two-year overall refurbishment, which has come to be regarded, sometimes almost subliminally, as a symbol of a larger national renovation...
Some successful women leaders, Margaret Thatcher to name one, are gender neutral: they do not speak for the hopes and concerns of women any more than a male leader would. But Ferraro ran for Vice President as a feminist--and as a symbol of the transformation in the lives of American women over the past 20 years. She realized, as did most American women, that her campaign was a risk. Was the risk worth it? The answer lies not with the result but with the women, and men, who looked at Ferraro and sensed a limitless future for their daughters...