Word: symbolic
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Many Arabs and, more generally, many Muslims identify with Saddam Hussein precisely because he is losing on what they see as a heroic, even mythic scale. For them, his plight is a symbol of their own victimization by the rich and powerful nations of the world. No matter how and when the war ends, Islamic rage already threatens the stability of traditionally pro-Western regimes from Morocco to Jordan to Pakistan. Blunting that trend is more important than seeing Saddam get what he deserves...
...saying, "If they want my ribbon and my flag, they'll have to take my shirt with it." The county manager quickly clarified the policy against political paraphernalia. Said he: "I believe the display of yellow ribbons should not be viewed as a political statement but rather as a symbol that we remember the men and women serving in the Persian Gulf." Even at Disney World, whose efficiency and neutrality rival those of Switzerland, the strict dress code has been modified to allow those among its 32,000 employees who do not deal directly with the public to wear yellow...
...American press corps is not really that dumb. But the sketch on NBC's Saturday Night Live struck a responsive chord. In the realm of ridicule, it was a telling symbol: TV's hip, anti-Establishment comedy series chose for its satirical target, instead of a stiff-backed military leader or a bumbling president, the not-so-gentle men and women of the press...
...People will tell you that the flag means a lot of different things," said Kirkland resident Nigil W. Jones '91. "It stands for white supremacy and it stands for slavery. It is a symbol of the white South...
...protest to which the posters refer and which the video documents is infamous among Catholics, many of whom know from detailed press accounts that it involved not only disruption of a Mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral, but desecration of the Eucharist, perhaps the most precious symbol in the Catholic faith...