Word: symbolically
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...danger in the future, some observers feel, is that the Spaniards see Juan Carlos himself, not the monarchy, as the symbol of national unity and reconciliation. But Marichal says that the regional autonomy granted by the 1978 constitution has raised participation to a level that makes retrenchment unlikely. "Democracy is taking root in a way never seen before," he explains...
...University News Release Juan Marichal, Smith Professor of the French and Spanish Literatures, called the atypical Bourbon monarch an important democratic symbol to Spaniards and Latin Americans alike...
Although the media may put similar pressure on men, I believe that it is considerably weaker. It is notable that Ms. Collins' Dynasty co-star, John Forsythe, is hyped and accepted as a sex symbol despite his grey hair and paunch. I will agree that there is promise of a change in media and cultural attitudes toward the middle-aged woman when I find a 50-year-old female romantic lead who is permitted a few bulges and veins. Lisa D. Haas...
...wonders first why a Confederate flag would be flying in San Francisco, then why someone didn't tear it down before. The Confederate flag, long carried by Ku Klux Klan members on lynching, bombing and terrorist attacks against Blacks and progressive whites has been a symbol of incitement to racist violence since the Civil...
...mixed, but rarely mild. It was "not at all blasphemous" to Katherine Austin, who thought it reflected a mystic Christian view that "sees Christ as our mother." Beverly Stewart, on the other hand, said, "It's disgraceful. God and Christ are male. They're playing with a symbol we've believed in for all our lives." The Christa seemed to be doing her job as a focus for provocation, if not of prayer...