Word: symbolized
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...unlike the American flag, which is the symbol of a country (and hence the nation's historic goods and evils) the Confederate flag no longer symbolizes a "proud nation defeated" but the oppression of blacks. It is important to remember that the "Stars and Bars" has not been flying prominently in South Carolina since Jefferson Davis was president. It reared its ugly head in 1962 as a not-so-oblique protest to the Civil Rights movement. The flag was intended as a warning to integrationists. Other states used the flag as a similar threatening symbol: In 1956, Georgia adopted...
...just a woman who looks good in lingerie, or as one French politician claims, "the very symbol of the failure of socialism"? This was the debate surrounding LAETITIA CASTA last week as reports surfaced that the Victoria's Secret model had abandoned her native France for London and its more advantageous tax laws. The move inflamed Parisian patriots because last year Casta was chosen to be the model for Marianne, the allegorical female symbol of the French Republic that adorns town halls across the country. Under siege from the media--and the Interior Minister, who warned...
...stringer who has interviewed key figures in the Elian Gonzalez story, and writes this week from Elian's hometown. She is worried about Elian: "He hasn't been allowed to grieve for his mother. The people in Miami parade him around, and the ones in Cuba have made a symbol out of him. What's going to happen to him in five years?" She's chagrined that a child now symbolizes the division between Cubans and Cuban Americans...
...perfect figure to represent the suffering Childers caused. That is, the first time we see her. She hobbles around incessantly, silently leading Hodges around. He thinks about her on his trip back. We get another flashback later on and by this point she has gone from a horrifying symbol to being annoying, and faintly humorous...
...Palmetto State officials have fought tooth and nail to ensure the continued, prominent display of the Confederate flag from the statehouse dome for everyone in Columbia to enjoy. The problem, of course, is that not everyone enjoys seeing that particular flag; while the Dixiecrat faction cites it as a symbol of what they refer to as the Confederacy's rich cultural history, their opponents decry the flag as a constant, taunting reminder of the bad old days of slavery, Jim Crow and segregation. In the end, the stigma of national disgust and the prospect of continued anti-flag marches...