Word: insigniaed
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...secure enough to dress like an underpaid ranch hand. The parody was enriched when grimy denims became the uniform of unemployed hippies, and the current irony is that designer jeans meet Veblen's criteria for conspicuous consumption. They are expensive, unassociated with labor, and their labels are insignia for old-fashioned competitive display...
...salaries of 100 counselors employed to supervise the children's activities and $15,000 for one luncheon. AHA also purchases $37,000 worth of "gifts" for the alumni and their families. These include umbrellas, frisbees, and wastebaskets, all of which bear prominent renderings of the crimson insignia of the Class...
...Board of Preachers, dedicated Memorial Church on Armistice Day, 1932, the names of the 373 Harvard men who died for the Allied cause were handsomely inscribed in brass letters on the travertine tablets of the memorial room, directly below the spire. On the floor lay Harvard's insignia, on the ceiling the seal of the United States--E Pluribus Unum...
...wish to add a note to your article on Omar Bradley, the five-star G.I.'s general [April 20]. You stated that since the Civil War the title General of the Army, which has the insignia of five stars, has been held by only five gentlemen: Omar Bradley, George Marshall, Douglas MacArthur, Henry H. ("Hap") Arnold and Dwight Eisenhower. You should also have mentioned John J. Pershing, who held the slightly different but even more impressive rank General of the Armies...
...moment, Haddad is completely dependent on Israel's military and economic support. A group of his officers, gathered in Bennt Jbail for a briefing, wore Israeli khaki jackets with Haddad's Christian militia shoulder insignia; one was in jeans and several sported cowboy boots. About 70% of the people who live in Free Lebanon are Shi'ite Muslims; to the area's Christian minority of 33,000, Haddad is nothing short of a hero. In Marjayoun, several young militiamen gathered around pinball machines to talk about their leader. "We are so thankful for Major Haddad...