Word: symbolic
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...interest in a patriarchal icon like Longfellow is intended to serve as a metaphor for the difficulty of communication between members of a society polarized by racial and gender issues. In the grand scheme of "Images and Identities," Edmonia Lewis is seen not as an artist, but as a symbol. The subtle condescension towards Lewis is one of the exhibit's central flaws. It can't decide whether it wants to be a showcase of Lewis' works, or a political statement...
...life. The height of her success is captured in a beautifully shot sequence where Ettore takes his mother out on the new motorcycle she has bought for him. The two speed through the streets of Rome, shouting excitedly to one another and laughing loudly atop the brand-new, shiny symbol of Mamma Roma's petit-bourgeois accomplishments...
Flags at State Police headquarters will be flying at half-mast for the next thirty days, and officers will be wearing a small black sash around their uniform badges as a symbol of mourning, according to Capt. Robert J. Byrd, commander of public affairs for the state police...
Breyer said he admires Goldberg because "he was filled with enthusiasm and excitement" and Cox because "he simply went down there to do his job and to me was a symbol of integrity...
...Imperial Palace in Tokyo. Their tour of the disaster area was delayed two weeks, so as not to interfere with rescue operations. Though Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama got a cool reception when he was in Kobe 48 hours after the temblor, seeing their Emperor and Empress was a symbol of hope for most quake survivors...