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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...council voted instead to set up a "suitable universal symbol" in the foyer of the building...

Author: By Julian E. Barnes, | Title: Council Nixes Proposal For Christmas Tree | 12/11/1990 | See Source »

...Councillor Sheila T. Russell, who sponsored the order calling for the Christmas tree, said she was surprised at the objections. She said the tree was a holiday symbol, with no specific religious conotations...

Author: By Julian E. Barnes, | Title: Council Nixes Proposal For Christmas Tree | 12/11/1990 | See Source »

...defense sought to portray Milken as a concerned citizen who taught math to inner-city children and donated large sums of money to charity, while striving to overcome his image as the personification of Wall Street greed. "Our goal was to make Michael a human being rather than a symbol," said a Milken source...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Stiff Term for the Wizard | 12/3/1990 | See Source »

...interest of ideological pluralism and bright colors, I would like to humbly present a new, unofficial campus group. This group is named ENOUGH and its symbol is a chartreuse irregular quadrangle. ENOUGH is not politically correct or proper, or even particularly aware. In fact, it isn't even a clever acronym. ENOUGH is ENOUGH...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: On Symbols, ENOUGH Is Enough | 11/17/1990 | See Source »

...will take education, not just laws, to halt what Africans view as a symbol of their culture. Asks Birhane Ras-Work, president of the Inter-African Committee on Traditional Practices: "How do you eradicate a tradition that is more powerful than a legal system...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Africa: A Ritual Of Danger | 11/8/1990 | See Source »

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