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...national team itself also represents a diverse mix of players from cities around Honduras. The current pool of talent, Pastor says, is “a symbol of how the country has come together...
...properties alone. It’s the less tangible inspiration the rocket will provide to future generations of American mathematicians, scientists, and engineers that makes it so important. Education reformers working with students from kindergarten through 12th grade will now be able to look to the rocket as a symbol of hope and inspiration. The Ares will encourage them to imagine even more fantastic goals and products that will be achieved after America repairs its education problem...
...question over the construction of minarets first came up in 2007 when Muslims in several Swiss towns sought permission to build the towers, which are used primarily to call Muslims to pray. Residents responded by collecting signatures to block the building plans, claiming the minarets were a symbol of Islamic power and radicalism. The four mosques in the country that already had minarets have tried to minimize their presence - and the potential disruption to neighbors - by not using them for prayer calls. (See pictures of Muslims in America...
...everyone in the world has been happy to greet Ronald McDonald when he moves to town. Many see the corporate juggernaut as a symbol of American economic and cultural chauvinism, and European nations in particular have viewed American-style fast food as an insult to their cherished national cuisines. Bermuda banned all fast-food restaurants to squelch a McDonald's planned for the island. A French farmer, Jose Bove, became something of a national hero in 1999 after he and a band of activists destroyed a McDonald's under construction to protest globalization and "bad food." The next year...
...spoke, a band of children, perhaps bored with the kites for a moment, gathered around the nearby dog cages of the Mine Dog Center, a local landmine clearing NGO, and a more disturbing symbol of day-to-day life in the Afghan capital than kites on the wind. This was strange because Afghan children do not seem generally to like dogs, fearing them, perhaps, as much as the landmines...