Word: symbolic
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Busy availing herself of these Harvard facilities, the undergraduate woman rarely, if ever, encounters the institution that theoretically exists mainly for her sake: Radcliffe. Harvard and the daily life it offers are reality; Radcliffe is simply a symbol with a venerable name, a decrepit vessel steadily slipping into the sea of Harvard bureaucracy. In some ways, the Centennial celebrations this year have only reinforced this notion; Radcliffe for many has come to mean a group of old ladies who drink tea and reminisce about the good old days at the Quad...
Unfortunately, more and more female undergraduates find Radcliffe does nothing for them but serve as a symbol; Radcliffe gives them a vague sense of community with other undergraduate women. Radcliffe needs to take a stronger role in University life or face the end of its independent existence...
...been Canada's Prime Minister for more than eleven years, governing his nation longer than any other contemporary leader in the West. He had become a symbol of Canadian federalism who fought hard against the separatist yearnings of his fellow French Canadians in his native province of Quebec (see box). Swept to power on a wave of "Trudeaumania," he had once seemed the very model of a philosopher-statesman, blessed with an impressive intellect and an acerbic wit-not to mention a sensuous young wife. But last week Pierre Elliott Trudeau, 59, who had served three times as Canada...
...ugly sight of Israeli civilians attacking soldiers of their own army was an apt symbol of the country's current acrimonious mood. During an emotional Cabinet meeting last week, Weizman and Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan fought successfully to prevent Begin from offering his hard-line plan for limited self-rule at the start of the autonomy talks. Instead, the two ministers won Cabinet approval to use the Begin plan only as an informal "guideline" during the negotiations...
...loved it and went on to have one of the season's best parties in the center's theaters. A storm threatened, the food was forgettable, but the anniversary bash, like Lincoln Center itself, managed to work. President John Mazzola, a proud host, saw it as a symbol. "New York is the cultural capital of the world, and this celebration underlines that in gold...