Word: symbolically
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...black and Hispanic workers from the neighborhood, a blighted area that had lost 40% of its manufacturing business during the previous decade. Wedtech's profits jumped from $8 million in 1981 to more than $72 million for the first six months of 1986, and the company became a potent symbol of minority achievement. On a 1984 visit to New York City, Ronald Reagan lauded Wedtech's success. "People like John Mariotta," said the President, "are heroes...
...have followed the lead of several other Major League clubs this season and returned to their uniform style of old. For the first time in many years, the Braves sport a tomahawk on the front of their jerseys. Where did the Braves play the last year they boasted that symbol...
...formal announcement at Red Rocks, a park 16 miles from downtown Denver, was before his wife and daughter, reporters, cameras and staff. Hart said the Park, begun with federal funds during the Depression, "is a symbol of what a benevolent government...
Then it's the all-important HYP's on April 25, this year hosted by the lights on the Charles. Harvard has failed to win the Goldthwait Cup, the symbol of victory among the traditional "Big Three" of lightweight rowing, since 1980. For the past two seasons, the Crimson 155's have finished third...
...company claims to serve 17 million U.S. customers each day, providing more than 11% of all dinners away from home and 25% of breakfasts. Observes Conrad Kottak, professor of anthropology at the University of Michigan: "You can hardly spend a day without seeing a golden arch. It's a symbol of security...