Word: symbolically
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...gimmick to extend his pitching career, and as an ex-ballplayer, he has not changed much. His idea for Big League Chew, a bestselling chewing plug-like pouch of shredded gum for sand-lot Harvey Kuenns, made Bouton rich. And he has now moved on to the diamond status symbol that really separates the men from the boys: baseball cards. (The men are on them, and the boys collect them.) Bouton has come up with a proletarian variation on the real thing, individually printed baseball cards for even the weekend rightfielder. Bouton produces regulation-size, full-color replicas with...
Cosell must have been there to signify television. Ali was definitely the symbol of fighters who do not retire. What Singer Wayne Newton represented was unclear, perhaps Las Vegas. "It's a great thrill to be here tonight," Newton said, bouncing into the ring, resisting the impulse to undo his tie. Maybe Newton's part had to do with something Leonard once said...
...cannot forget that criticism of Israel itself frequently stems from prejudice against Jews in general," Weiner writes. His moderate tone helps obscure the McCarthyist tactic of his article--if you can't refute an opponent, identify the critic with some obnoxious symbol. McCarthy used red paint against anyone he went after; in today's debate, the shadow of the swastika is cast on those who speak out against Israel...
...country as staunchly Catholic as Spain, the welcome for Pope John Paul II last week was astonishing in its emotional intensity. Beyond the outpouring of affection for the man himself, it was as if Spaniards saw this first visit to their country ever by a sitting Pontiff as a symbol of reconciliation for a young democracy racked by leftist terrorism on the one hand and threatened on the other by disgruntled right-wingers anxious to return to the dictatorial days of Francisco Franco. Only three days before the Pope's white Alitalia 727 touched down at Madrid...
...Sears Tower. But even as a scale model, it appears taller and prouder. Like the Chicago Tribune Tower and New York City's Chrysler Building, both more than a half-century old, it seems rooted in the ground and soars to heaven in a powerful rhythm, an evocative symbol of growth and success...