Word: symbolizes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...perhaps Singer's masterpiece of short fiction, "Gimpel the Fool." provides the most tender display of his virtuoso talent. In a world which places a premium on wisdom, Singer's hero is the fool, the one who receives goat turds instead of sweets. The simpleton is the perfect symbol of alienated man-the butt of both divine and carthly humor...
...suppose this can all be explained. Fellini is no dodo. He is making a film about decadent Roman society, and where we decadent Americans presume that our symbols have some reference beyond themselves, and thus make for a cleaner reality on another level, the symbols of Fellini's Rome never flee the decadence and malaise that creates them. For example, in one take, two of the main characters are walking past a side street, up which horses are drawing a 20-foot high statue of a head. The two are on their way to a brothel. Trying to understand...
...beginning of the nation, white Americans have suffered from a deep inner uncertainty as to who they really are. One of the ways that has been used to simplify the answer has been to seize upon the presence of black Americans and use them as a marker, a symbol of limits, a metaphor for the "outsider." Many whites could look at the social position of blacks and feel that color formed an easy and reliable gauge for determining to what extent one was or was not American. Perhaps that is why one of the first epithets that many European immigrants...
...hippies' side, little multicolored youths (a strand of beads for each) represent pawns. The rooks are Volkswagen buses (one with a peace symbol, an American flag and "Love" painted on the side); the knights wear sunglasses, beads, flowers, and robes inscribed with the slogan "Make Love, Not War." The bishops are bearded white-and-purple-gowned gurus. The hippie queen wears a maxidress and a "spaced-out" smile. The king has a purple robe draped over a blue striped shift...
...glass home of the New England Aquarium, which has finally opened its doors after more than a decade of planning and problems. The wait was worth it. Boston's undersea museum may be the prototype aquarium of the future. At the very least, it is a stunning symbol of man's vastly increased interest...