Word: symbolization
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...give force to his demands, De Gaulle stayed away from meetings of the Committee, threatened to resign. This his supporters could not permit; he was still the symbol of resistance. On the other hand, De Gaulle could not actually carry out his threat; Churchill had said that henceforth Britain's dealings, financial and otherwise, would be with the new Committee, no longer with the Fighting French...
...made haste to hang out the shingles of the New Sex), appeared in the Hearst-produced, flag-waving war serial Patria. Another dancer, who took her talents directly into camps, was highbrowed Ruth St. Denis. One of her numbers, called Spirit of Democracy, might serve as a touching, rousing symbol of the whole of entertainment in World War I. It worked up through a lather of militant gestures (bayoneting, grenade-lobbing, etc.) to a disconcerting climax in which a girl in black tatters tottered onto the stage beseeching aid and, after suitable gyrations, flopped dead...
Theme & Variations. Upon this theme, in poetry rich in paradox and reward, in mystery, in symbol, in despair and, ultimately, in hope. Eliot develops his great variations. The sere, cryptic titles of the four quartets are the names of places intimately associated with his experience. Burnt Norton was a Gloucestershire man or near which he lived for a while. East Coker is a Somerset village which was the home of his ancestors. The Dry Salvages (accented like assuages) is a group of rocks off Cape Ann, Mass. Little Gidding was a lyth-Century religious community established by Nicholas Ferrar. Each...
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek is still a symbol and an inspiration. His prestige is still high. But his problems have never been greater...
...prewar scene at the Château de 1'Horizon, a villa near Antibes on the south coast of France. The chateau belonged to graciously aging U.S. Actress Maxine Elliott, aunt of Sheean's wife, Diana Forbes-Robertson. Like the society of which it is a symbol, the chateau perched precariously on a rock between the railroad tracks and the deep blue...