Word: symbolization
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...During his year as Interior Minister, Jabr had become the symbol of governmental failure - and that was the charitable view. Others, especially the minority Sunnis, accused him of looking to other way as Shi'ite militias infiltrated the police force and, shielded by their uniforms, launched a campaign of kidnapping, torture and assassination of Sunnis. Jabr is himself connected to the Badr Brigades, a Shi'ite militia that was created and funded by Iran. Although he denied that death squads were at large in the police force, he failed to halt the killings, which currently run at around...
...reflection of your politics - and it may even be perverse to think of the game that way. But Barça represents a liberal nationalist spirit that makes for a powerful reprimand to both ethnic chauvinism and facile criticisms of the nation-state. Barça is the ultimate symbol of the Catalan people - one of their most glorious achievements, a monument to their language, history and struggle. But, at the same, it is a bastion of pluralism. Its anthem explicitly welcomes immigrants, and over time, it has served as a powerful instrument for assimilating newcomers into Catalan society. Every...
...most shocked of all, saying that his ouster "doesn't make sense logically." Although he didn't make the cut on Idol, Daughtry has already been fielding job offers, including the front-man gig for the band Fuel. Meanwhile, bald guys lost their best hope for a macho sex symbol since Vin Diesel. Has anyone checked the Hair Club for Men's phone records...
...years, one of U.S. public television's best-rated shows; of multiple myeloma, a rare bone cancer; in Greenwich, Connecticut. With his tailored suits and wry delivery, Rukeyser became an unlikely celebrity from the world of economics, and PEOPLE magazine called him "the dismal science's only sex symbol." He later hosted a CNBC program until failing health forced him to retire...
...utilized an amusing frame narrative, beginning with a woman’s (Birnbaum) visit to a French barber, Mr. Guillotine (Burkle). In this version, written by Adam V. Cline ’02, it is hair that matters above all else: the luscious hair of the aristocracy is the symbol of their power, and it must thus be cut off by retributive French peasants (“It just didn’t seem fair that some people could afford cornrows while others couldn’t afford corn,” Burkle says). When it is discovered that earnest...