Word: symbolical
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...decade since he became Chancellor of West Germany, oaken-faced Konrad Adenauer has acquired in the minds of his countrymen the stature of a stern father-awe-inspiring, sometimes overrigid, the living symbol of righteous and unshakable purpose. But, though the public has seldom seen it, there is an obverse side to Adenauer's character: a nagging, emotional mistrustfulness that can convert him in the blink of an eye to a man of angry impulse. Last week Konrad Adenauer, 83, gave full rein to his impulsiveness and by doing so flawed an unsurpassed international reputation for rock-like consistency...
...still feel that "Christ should be regarded ... as a very great prophet or teacher." "Whether or not he lived, many of his teachings are well worthwhile," an agnostic notes marginally. "The highest ideal of man," another adds; and a former Conservative Jew sees him as a "beautiful and profound symbol...
...first instinct of the Red rulers was to let the city wither and die as a hated symbol of capitalism. The busy docks, which had berthed as many as 30 ships a day, stood empty; factories were stripped of machinery; efforts were made to reduce Shanghai's "swollen and unreasonable" population by deporting surplus workers to the provinces. A wave of suicides swept the city. Foreigners, who had once numbered 60,000, dwindled to a handful (there are now fewer than 100 Westerners, of whom 53 are British), while the Reds confiscated millions of dollars' worth of Western...
Australian patrols venturing into the central highlands of New Guinea just after World War II found that their arrival set off a tremendous religious movement. The natives killed all their pigs-principal sources of food and symbol of social position-in the belief that after three days of darkness, "Great Pigs" would appear from the sky. Imitation radio antennas made of rope and bamboo were set up to receive news of the millennium, when black skins would turn white and all the harsh demands of life would miraculously disappear...
...perhaps the era of good feeling is only temporary--new issues will appear before the faculty, administration, and students. Quincy House, for all its stolid efficiency, is only a building--not a symbol of a new IBM-dominated Harvard. Decisions as to who is to be admitted, how much he will pay, and how he can get the most from the College will always plague the community. The role of freshmen in the College has already been re-examined; next year admissions and possibly athletics will be studied. And no one has yet figured out a way to make...