Word: symbolization
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...death leaves leaderless the Wafd, Nationalistic Party. Though his methods may be criticized, he stood as the very symbol of modern Egypt, the Father of a country that had not known freedom since Cleopatra was bitten...
...live quietly with his ward. Because of a trivial offense heedlessly committed after his release, this virtuous man is mercilessly hounded by Police Inspector Javert. At the summit of every achievement, Valjean is forced to flee from the scene of his good work by the appearance of this symbol of lawful duty, this relentless fury. In the end, he saves his oppressor's life...
...saloons and "passing the hat" for an outdoor fiddler. When French engineers ventured to dig the Panama Canal, Mr. Foy was shuffle-dancing and tumbling before miners in the mushroom towns of the Wild West. When Theodore Roosevelt called for Rough Riders, Eddie Foy was in bright lights, a symbol of spry clowning. By the time che Kaiser had started for Paris, "Eddie Foy and the Seven Little Foys" had be come a vaudeville institution. A few years after the Peace Con ference, the whole family retired, the Little Foys because they were emerging from their first childhood, Eddie because...
...time will come, later, when any Turk can wear any hat he chooses or none!" said Tewfik Rushdi Bey with emphasis "But the fez was a symbol and had to be abolished because it represented a psychological state that was wrong...
Spontaneous rejoicing burst forth, however, when it was announced that a crane had been seen to flap sedately three times around the Imperial Palace: a man-symbol, according to Japanese...