Word: symbolization
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...during the shakedown period can reach plague proportions. Except for the top supervisory people, Hilton overseas hires locals almost exclusively. In Cairo it broke tradition by hiring women to wait on table. The girls were reluctant at first and flatly refused to wear frilly aprons because they are a symbol of service. Now the jobs are coveted not so much for the higher pay as for the chance to meet eligible men. In Athens a maid who was warned to be thorough in her cleaning dismantled a guest's electric razor so completely that it could...
...week, accordingly, both houses went through the motion of meeting a couple of times. One token meeting of the Senate, with two members present, lasted just three seconds - a speed rec ord of sorts. The week's performance, which included a July 4th holiday, might stand as a symbol of the 88th Congress - the do-nothingest of modern times...
...recitation. Young Ireland's horizons are being broadened by the foreign students who have been flocking to Irish universities, where they comprise nearly 17% of total enrollment; most come from Afro-Asian countries, where the distinctive accent of ex-colonial, nonaligned Dublin has become something of a status symbol. The visiting students, in turn, have generated new interest in language and history courses among their Irish friends...
...vital campaign against the Communists, the Diem government signed a compromise agreeing to let the Buddhists fly their own flag and promising to ease anti-Buddhist discrimination. If the regime fails to show good faith, the Buddhists vow, they will start new demonstrations-and they are counting on the symbol of Quang Due's durable heart to help keep the faithful inspired...
...granite. The stone was cut from the mouth of Corregidor's Malinta Tunnel, where in 1942 U.S. and Philippine troops held out for four months against Japanese forces. Said MacArthur, his eyes misty as he touched the souvenir: "Corregidor-a wartime rock -but in it, it holds the symbol of the honor of two great nations...