Word: symbolisme
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Furthest on the fringe is Pamyat, a rabidly nationalist, anti-Semitic group espousing a return to the czarist monarchy and unabashedly proud of its fascist symbolism. Its members blame most of the country's ills on "people of alien ethnic origin," and refuse to ally themselves with any communists. Declares...
THE SYMBOLISM, AT LEAST, IS UNMISTAKABLE: after defeating a President regarded by most voters as out of touch with the nation's problems, Bill Clinton is cutting a different figure. He went jogging one morning last week in Washington, stopped on the way back at a McDonald's two blocks...
A President, if artful, can transcend mere policy and become an avatar of an era. What difference will the final ascension of the baby-boom generation make in terms of the American spirit, the cultural zeitgeist? The irresistible Kennedy parallel would suggest that the symbolism of a Clinton presidency could...
"Why are you getting so worked up?" I would ask my friends, as they left for college in late summer. "We'll see each other again at Christmastime." One by one they left, and I bade all a firm goodbye. Lives must go on, I said. There are many experiences...
Even in a year of unlikely candidates, Patty Murray, who is running for the Senate in the State of Washington, stands out as an original. The 41-year-old state legislator and community-college teacher likes to call herself "a mom in tennis shoes." Going toe-to-toe on the...