Word: symbolically
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Witnesses described the Chinese crime incursion as the work of ancient Triads (the name stems from their triangular symbol). Police Chief Jon Elder of Monterey Park, a Los Angeles suburb, testified that his city had had eight shootings in just the past few months among Asian gangs seeking "power and supremacy" in the town, which has a population that is 35% Asian. He described one victim of a ritual Triad punishment as having been slashed 200 times with a saber, deliberately left maimed but alive. A commission investigator claimed that a prosperous businessman in Manhattan's Chinatown, Edward...
Fifteen year old Jake Livingston (Chris Collet) lives a seemingly ordinary suburban life, exposed even to that symbol of the suburban high school: The Coach. "This could be the most important thing you learn in school," coach tells his lacrosse following, which includes Jake. "I've got to teach you how to dry yourself after the shower. One time I had a bad case of athlete's foot. One night I woke up screaming. The infection had spread from my feet up to my crotch and that's how I lost one of my testicles...
...joint venture of Aston Martin Lagonda and Tickford, a design-and-engineering company, the limo is a stretch version of a Tickford Lagonda sedan. Aston Martin Spokesman Grahame Butterworth says the new car is for the "person who wants the most expensive, absolute ultimate status symbol." The company seems to believe that such buyers will be rare. It plans to manufacture just twelve Tickford Lagonda cars a year. Last week the firm had several serious inquiries and one solid buyer...
...companies were buffeted harder by the last recession than makers of that premier symbol of executive prestige and power, the corporate jet. Last week the still struggling manufacturers gathered in Atlanta to display their latest efforts to potential buyers...
Vinnie once had a husband but has adjusted to living alone. A frequent companion is an imaginary mutt that she conjures up in glum moments. This shaggy symbol of self-pity recently appeared after a critic dismissed her work with the question, "Do we really need a scholarly study of playground doggerel?" The author of the offending article, L.D. Zimmern, turns out to be the father of Fred's estranged wife. The coincidence seems to have been extended as an ironic gratuity signaling solemn readers that Foreign Affairs is, despite pathos, sudden death and madness, an adroitly bundled comedy...