Word: symbol
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...retained, means Empire), wielding power comparable to but less extensive than that of the French President. He has sworn to uphold the Constitution, and, after hearing of his election, said: "The people must not imagine I shall let myself be steered by any party." But he will be the symbol of Monarchy and as such can be counted upon with certainty on rallying still more Germans to the cause of Monarchism. The first blow has been struck for the return of the Monarchy...
Governor General the Earl of Athlone, royal uncle of the Prince, represents His Majesty the King, aloof from local wrangles, immaculate symbol of British sway. He presides at the capital city of Pretoria* and is expected at Cape Town for the Prince's arrival...
...therefore to signal, not so much the invisible, inaudible welding of Dutch and British ascendancy, as an attempt to strengthen the morale of the whites?to secure the whites against the "rising tide of color." Premier Hertzog, faced by this difficulty, doubtless feels a genuine welcome towards the symbol of empire, as he prepares to meet his Prince...
...apropos of articles on simple spelling, Mr. Dewey once wrote: "My sugjestion wud be a first articl as long as yu think wize that wud be folod now and then by short one. . . ." In this sentence, the word "long," instead of ending with an "ng," was terminated by a symbol similar in shape to a Greek "eta," standing for both letters at once, which Mr. Dewey had evidently had mounted specially on his typewriter...
Probably he would have continued enthroned in the German mind, had not party ambition betrayed him to his enemies. He is no longer the symbol of a lost cause, but a grey-headed politician, and the reverence that he once commanded lies turned to scorn. Charlatan or genius, fool or master, he and his glorious reputation will be dragged in the mire of politics...