Word: symbolic
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...tried to confuse me by telling me he had saved our sacred symbol from the evil forces of The Crimson, but I saw right through his Jedi ways," Kneehaz said...
...riding on the boy who will become King William V. The current generation of royals has been nearly catastrophic. At the time of his wedding in 1981, Charles was expected to update the traditional role of constitutional monarch, while Diana would be the charismatic popular symbol. But largely because of the competitive rancor between the heir to the throne and his wife, public acceptance of the monarchy is considerably weaker today than it was even five years ago. While the institution is not in mortal peril, discussion of a republic has become both vigorous and respectable rather than a left...
...transition to high school seemed to hit Alicia particularly hard. In the good old days, says middle school best friend Jennifer Champion, 14, "it was so much fun. We were just always happy. Her favorite symbol thing"--here Jenny sketches on her knee with a fingernail--"was peace, a heart, happiness, harmony, sunshine and then 'flower power.' We'd always write that on our notes." But not long before her death, Alicia told Jenny that she had been hospitalized and had tried to kill herself "tons of other times: she showed me the slit marks on her wrists; she said...
...factors than the your-own-man-says-so rule. Genuinely undecided voters are often so taken with a break from partisanship that they pay such dissidents special attention. When the New York Herald Tribune, which had helped found the modern G.O.P., picked L.B.J. in 1964, it was a stunning symbol of moderate-liberal disaffection. When AFL-CIO President George Meany refused to back George McGovern in 1972, it signaled the disaffection of blue-collar Democrats. In 1980 I became convinced that Reagan would win big--not by the polls, which were then showing a close race, but by Reagan endorsements...
...never ended here. Three thousand Confederate soldiers are buried in the heart of downtown, and visitors can take tours led by people dressed as Confederate (or Union) soldiers. Letters to the local paper still rail against "occupied Atlanta," and a debate continues to rage about whether to take the symbol of Dixie out of the state flag. Want ads solicit old Klan outfits, burned Klan crosses and "other civil rights memorabilia...