Word: symbolized
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...sees that he quits work promptly at 4:30, says he has never seen George Arliss break a monocle. Worn first as an affectation, the Arliss eyeglass, which has ribbed a groove into his right cheek, has long since been more than an optical necessity, more than a symbol of a political and social heritage, like the monocle of Sir Austen Chamberlain (TIME, Feb. 15). It is a trademark, a talisman, the badge of an intelligence which views humanity with graceful hauteur and interprets it with charm. A vegetarian, because it hurts his conscience to eat anything he might have...
Vieux soldat, vieil imbecile-so say the French, but not of Foch. Though an oldish soldier (62) when the War began, he became before its close France's symbol and stimulant of undefeat. "The Man of Orleans," as Biographer Hart subtitles him, filled the role of national redeemer when the Kaiser was Satan and when, for a four-year wink of the Divine eye, God was French...
...down from the high ecclesiastical windows. It touched Chancellor Chamberlain speaking with one hand on the Budget Box. It raised pale gleams from the immaculate top hat and glittering monocle of his brother, Sir Austen Chamberlain, who nodded solemn agreement from a Tory back bench. That monocle was a symbol. It was exactly such an eyeglass that their late great father, the elegant, hawk-nosed Joseph Chamberlain (1836-1914) kept firmly screwed in his face all through his long and distinguished parliamentary career. It was exactly such a tariff program, right down to the 10% basic rate, that he fought...
...blow that will have its repercussions. One of the most profound of American traditions is that of the glad hand, and the spectacle of a harassed individual going through the ritual of shaking hands with a line of free, independent citizens has become a symbol of the Democratic spirit. The story of the retired farmer, who has been first in line at every New Year's reception for a half-century, indicates the attraction which the ritual has for the popular mind. Until it is re-instituted, there will be very little in a trip to Washington for John Robinson...
...Papavert is the name of a mellow old bookbinder who suddenly finds himself in jail. Released by Communists, he becomes for them a symbol of the oppressed workingman. But Mr. Papavert does not like to be a symbol, at one point tries to commit suicide. The whole affair woefully tries for satirical effect, elements of which must have been lost long ago with constant revision. The play was recalled after two performances last month. At that time it was called Papavert. Its present title resulted from a general impression that papaversion was a mental disease...