Word: symbolic
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From rebellions to potato famines, Ireland is a place with a long history of hardship and an equally long tradition of singing about it. As a defining cultural activity, singing is for the Irish what baseball is for Americans or chess is for the Russians. Ireland's national symbol is a harp, the instrument used to accompany a singer, and the national genius, James Joyce, was probably more vain about his voice than his prose style...
...monarchy is a symbol of Britain's unity, its proud history, and a channel for popular support. As the official head of state, the sovereign imparts a non-partisan dignity to the running of the nation, a centerpiece to which all political parties are allied and respectful. The royal family are Britain's best ambassadors and diplomats, who take seriously their business to promote Britain's interests abroad...
...some eternal diabolic force. Enigmatically, he informs his family, "I think I died long ago... I'll be here long after you're gone..." while erecting the skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus Rex he mysteriously digs up in the back yard of the family mansion. The skeleton becomes a symbol of death and extinction, its reconstruction paralleling the demise of the family until in the final scene its imposing silhouette is cast against the bone-bare walls of the abandoned estate...
...past. Levy handles the comic and tragic aspects of his role with deftness and humor, carefully balancing the outrageous and the all-too-human aspects of Sparger's personality. Dana Gotlieb is subtly effective as Wanda, a substitute teacher for whom the assassination of JFK has become an obsessive symbol of lost innocence and missed chances. In Gotlieb's hands, the audience, despite gradually realizing that this woman's preoccupation with JFK is far from normal, never loses its ability to relate to Wanda...
...have been working hard in practice, and the goal was just a symbol," Henderson said. "We haven't had a lot of luck this season, but we deserved to win." >Harvard 1 Princeton...