Word: representation
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Devotees' dress, shaved heads and tilaka, the white clay lines on their foreheads, represent their spiritual devotion to Krishna. A shaved head is a sign of detachment from material pleasure, and the tilaka signifies that the body is the temple of God. A devotee's robes serve to remind others...
Some of ISKCON's activities may seem to represent a compromise of ISKCON's eastern traditions. The use of Hare Krishna Santa Clauses for fundraising is a case in point. ISKCON is, after all, transplanting a religion that places a strong emphasis on the spiritual world into a materialistic culture...
The athletic secretaries are paid, but harried workers whose decisions often represent personal, albeit benevolent, opinion, rather than the views of the students they serve.
Industrial toxic poisoning is on the rise in the United States. These cases are not isolated incidents; they represent merely a handful of known tragedies. More serious tragedies are inevitable unless the public recognizes the national scope of the problem, and acts now to confront the dangers toxic substances pose...
The representative assembly we set up, deriving its legitimacy solely from the students, believing strongly in students' right and ability to offer valid constructive criticism, will work to "further the quality of Harvard-Radcliffe undergraduate education as well as serving to accurately represent the view of the undergraduate body to...