Word: symbolics
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...Starbucks [normally] has a policy of not allowing any flags or other non-universal symbol to be displayed,” said assistant manager of the Garage location, Kendra Mason. “However, now all employees have been urged to display flags throughout the store out of national pride...
...rewarded, where laws are made by the people and taken seriously. We must not give in to insecurity, a false sense of paranoia, a reversion to weak-kneed McCarthyism to break the promises of generations of gifted and humane thinkers who have created this extraordinary republic as a symbol of freedom for the entire world...
...first question in designing a memorial for the World Trade Center and the people who died in its collapse is whether or not to rebuild the powerful symbol of the twin towers. In my eyes, these two extremestwo colossal skyscrapers or their gaping absence in the middle of the city they had previously dominatedare the most powerful...
...fails to grasp the concept that when a group of people hijack four airlines and crash them into major U.S. landmarks, they have lost the privilege of reasoning through their grievances, and deserve not our empathy, but our wrath. The Twin Towers, above all else, stood as a symbol of rationality and human achievement, and it is this rationality that the suicide bombers of Sept. 11 sought to destroy...
...photographers, the use of props assumes a central role in their works. The props—which range from goats to radios, alarm clocks and scooters—are usually used as signs of affluence and prosperity. Such props have precedent, as umbrellas—usually seen as a symbol of European pragmatism—can be seen in some of the 14 early postcards on display. The most poignant of these images is Sidibé’s 1972 “Les jeunes berges Peuhls,” or “Peuhl Shepherds and a Radio...