Word: symbolisme
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Last week brought another indirect sign of U.S. sympathies in the election. The International Monetary Fund gave initial approval to a $10.2 billion loan to Russia, benefiting Yeltsin at a time when his government is strapped. The decision had the strong backing of the U.S., which wields powerful influence at...
His symbolism draws attention to itself through the play's title, but it becomes something of a joke by being pat and trite, like a Victorian maxim. The upstanding Lord Windemere bestows the fan on his chaste wife as a gift, but when jealousy leads her to rendezvous with Lord...
When asked how the romantic symbolism of Valentine's Day made them feel, single students offered a variety of responses.
"The students are here to learn from each other, and the structures are all open--all students live together, eat together and sit in class together," Rudenstine said on Friday. "The structure, symbolism and message of the institution is that we all ought to get to know one another."
Ironically, as Hughes himself pointed out, Mapplethorpe never got a cent from the NEA; the museum putting on his "The Perfect Moment" exhibit did. But the symbolism was enough to suffice. The artist, who died before the controversy reached its real boiling point, turned Jesse Helms and other politicians into...