Word: symbolics
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...sense, Nixon spent his whole life falling and running and falling again. A symbol of the politics of anger, he was one of the most hated figures of his time, and yet he was also the only man in U.S. history ever to be elected twice as Vice President and twice as President. In the White House, he achieved many major goals: the U.S. withdrawal from Vietnam, restored relations with China, the first major arms agreement with the Soviet Union and much more. But he will always be remembered, as he was at his death last week...
...misunderstanding of the core could imply that instructors are not adequately briefed on how to teach the classes. More likely the difficulty in realizing to the core's mission is a symbol of the difficulty in putting an ideal into practice...
...This gift is above all a symbol of the essential values that the Goldensons havebeen committed to uphold throughout their livesand work," Rudenstine said in a press release...
...mysterious gorilla strolling in the Yard last week with the sign "Vote yes on U.C. Referendum" was an apt symbol of the the council's carefree (and careless) attitude toward democracy...
While the transaction involves neither military secrets nor cutting-edge American technology, it has nevertheless become a symbol of confusion within the Administration. The deal circumvents trade sanctions on military equipment enacted after the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre and appears to contravene Defense Department efforts to engage China in defense conversion, not modernization. To benefit an American company, the U.S. may allow the transfer of equipment that some experts say could enable China to develop a longer- range cruise missile, capable of lofting nuclear warheads as far as Japan and India. If approved, the sale would provide a graphic demonstration...