Word: symbolisme
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You have to listen carefully to get the Jesus symbolism, but it's there. "Ave Maria" is a highly veiled reference to Mary. "The Day That Love Began" refers to a manger in Bethlehem that sounds suspiciously like the one Jesus rented for his debut. And there are angels doing...
Beyond the issue of securing the release of the hostages in Iran, the biggest immediate problem facing the Carter Administration is how to manage the symbolism of the siege-and, perhaps more important, the symbolism of its aftermath. There is great danger that the spectacle of youthful radicals, backed by...
Wrong. John Updike, self-appointed myth-maker of the New York and Boston bedroom community, menacingly shakes a coffee cup and a lone sock at you and growls, "You don't have problems. You have PROBLEMS. BIG PROBLEMS. And they all MEAN SOMETHING. Every coffee stain on the dining room...
Even so, Carter's handling of the mass firings caused Europeans to cluck in wonder. A high-ranking West German Foreign Ministry official asked: "Is this serious, or is this just a great religious exercise for the soul?" Oslo's middle-roading daily Verdens Gang called the Washington...
The point seemed valid to those who could see a similarity between Engelhard and Hitler's characters. Graham T. Allison Jr. '62, dean of the K-School, did not buy the argument, however. Part of his job is to take into account the interests of alumni and donors to the...