Word: symbolic
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...smart and charismatic. However, it is difficult to correlate those things with his denial to 11 million people of the most basic human rights. The only explanation for Castro's behavior is his overriding need to stay in power. The Pope's willingness to meet with the symbol of everything he opposes to improve the lot of his flock is a clear indicator of his true leadership and greatness. John Paul II knows that in the end his view will prevail. JORGE E. RODRIGUEZ Lexington, Mass...
Posters in the Yard called for people to "Come tie the knot at the Resource Center," where visitors received smaller pink ribbons to be worn as a symbol of support...
...year now, "God-Street-Wine-gate" has served as a symbol of everything wrong with the Undergraduate Council. The solution is not simply a more expensive band with one hit single instead of none. The question that needs to be asked is not just "Which band do the students want?" but "Do the students want us to spend this much money on any band?" Kudos to three council members for proposing that we ask the students that question in a campus-wide poll. Shame on the council for rejecting that proposal. ANDREW F. RUGGIERO...
...Games beckon once again as a refuge from the snares of the world, where the tawdry can be banished (alas, except for commercial logos) and where the most compelling mysteries involve the intricacies of quad jumps, clap skates, luge weight and curling. For Nagano is robed in that symbol of purity: snow, unsullied and ready for the pursuit of truth as expressed in athletic prowess. Out of mind are potential scapegoats--El Nino, the Asian meltdown. Of course, like all other Olympics, Nagano has its intrinsic debates, but they are sporting and professional ones for the most part or inextricable...
...crouches down behind me and whips out a paintbrush. I hike up my underwear, and she starts to work, applying the paint in smooth, gooey strokes that will have to be toweled off later. Not having a paintbrush, I use my fingers to trace the outlines of a peace symbol on my face...