Word: symbolic
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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This changed things somewhat. The little oval-headed man was no longer a quirky symbol of non-conformity, but a poorly drawn stand in for Coca-Cola's stable of cardboard cut-out super-star shills. And the once appealing casualness of "OK" marketing? Just another calculated effort at cultural hegemony that we overeducated, undermotivated Generation X-ers are supposed to so delight in detecting...
...know this much for sure: The glory years are past. The Lakers, who won six world championships after migrating from Minneapolis, have finished out of the playoffs for the first time in years. Their coach and symbol of past greatness, the famous Earvin (Magic) Johnson, was so disgusted by their ineptitude that he left the team to start a cineplex in the inner city...
...would suggest that so charismatic a figure as Nelson Mandela, a doughty and energetic 75, leads from behind. But Mandela has always made his authority felt on two levels: by standing at the head of the African National Congress as symbol and standard bearer and by forming strategy from behind by suggestion, pressure, indirection. During his career as a politician -- a word he proudly uses to describe himself -- he has at times moved out ahead of his colleagues and audaciously created policy, while at other times he has been content to plant the seed of an idea that bears fruit...
...really gave us what the Schlesinger Library is today--a beacon for women's history and for women, a symbol for women's significance and potential," Wilson said...
...associated with despotism and racism has finally held elections that allow all people, black and white, the right to vote. Though the official numbers are not yet in, Nelson Mandela appears likely to be the clear victor. His ascension to the presidency of South Africa would be an eloquent symbol for the victory of democracy in his country: he from prisoner to leader, the country from oligarchy to democracy...