Word: symbolisme
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Instead, we want the University to act pragmatically and responsibly--to do more than just engage in feel-good symbolism which does nothing actually to help South Africa's oppressed majority. We support everyone at Harvard calling on the Afrikaaner regime to change its ways. We support Harvard action, through...
CRUCIFIXES AND ROSARIES. I think I have always carried around a few rosaries with me. There was the turquoise-colored one that my grandmother had given to me a long time ago. One day I decided to wear it as a necklace. I thought, "This is kind of offbeat and...
OBVIOUSLY, IT'S NOT his cause that bother me. Just like the issue of civil rights for American Blacks at the '68 Olympics, the issue of apartheid is something that calls for stand-taking. The South African government deserves all the pressure that can be brought upon it, and in...
Yet the symbolism of his visit to the Bitburg cemetery, where 49 SS men are buried, clouded Reagan's goal of bringing about a healing. Before the trip, Reagan made matters worse when he said that young German soldiers were just as much victims of the Third Reich as the...
The fact that several cars were used was of great interest to those demonstrating. "There's more than one car," a protester angrily yelled, "and that's symbolic." The line was repeated several times. Also interesting was "there are Nazis here--they go to school here." I didn't see...