Word: symbolic
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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NEVER SHY ABOUT VOICING HIS intentions, Prince gets right to the point in the opening seconds of his new album, (logo symbol): "My name is Prince/ And < I am funky/ I am Prince/ The one and only." It's no idle boast. The record, his first since signing an unprecedented $100 million deal with Warner Records earlier this year, aims -- and succeeds -- at nothing less than reasserting his rightful place in the pop pantheon. Effortlessly inventive and seething with melodic and rhythmic vitality, this collection of raunchy rap riffs, detonating dance rhythms and silky soul ballads is Prince's best...
Reeves presented the family with an etched glass plate as a symbol of the town's sorrow at the incident. The designer of the plate had met earlier with friends of Raustein to discuss the MIT student's interests, which were etched into the plate. Reeves said the space shuttle Challenger disaster, which appeared on the plate, greatly influenced Raustein's decision to pursue science...
Rigoberta Menchu, 33, Guatemalan Indian-rights activist whose family was killed in her country's bloody civil war; from Mexico, where she fled in 1981, Menchu has fought against persecution by rightist forces of tens of thousands of Indians. She "stands out as a vivid symbol of peace and reconciliation across ethnic, cultural and social dividing lines," said the citation. (See related story on page...
Keith Haring once said that Mickey Mouse is "ultimately a symbol of America more than anything else." Keith Haring, Andy Warhol and Walt Disney is the manifestation of that idea. The show focuses on Haring, who was inspired by Walt Disney's and Andy Warhol's use of popular images and mass production...
Last fall, President Neil L. Rudenstine held his first office hours, which were widely seen as a symbol of his accessibility and openness. Rudenstine was compared to former President Derek C. Bok, who did not hold office hours in the later years of his presidency...