Word: symbolic
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QUOTE OF NOTE: "As an incumbent, you become the symbol of government. If you look at Washington and want someone to blame, the only one you know is your local Congressman. And that's a handicap...
North Carolina remains a symbol of the "new South," with good economic growth and low unemployment. Population influx in the '80s gave the state its first new House seat in 60 years, but racial gerrymandering--and some baiting--also make the state a political hotbed. This year all eyes are on Harvey Gantt's second attempt to replace Jesse Helms in the Senate...
...brought together by Franklin D. Roosevelt. As recently as 1976, Jimmy Carter won the state handily. But that was the last victory for a Democratic presidential candidate in South Carolina--the state gave George Bush his second highest percentage (after Mississippi) in the nation in 1992. A one-man symbol of this trend--and many others--is the state's 93-year-old Senior Senator Strom Thurmond, who, in his 67-year political career, has been both a Democrat and Republican and, by the end of next term, may also be the oldest Senator ever...
...They are] a proud symbol of immigration,"said Phoebe B. Potts, the students' teacher...
...this season, Harvard (3-3,1-2 Ivy) hopes to look back at today's meeting, the 100th all-time with Dartmouth (6-0,3-0) as the symbol of the re-emergence of Crimson football after a long drought...