Word: symbolized
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...remote hamlet of Huatabampo, Sonora, 850 miles northwest of Mexico City, was solemnly returned thither, last week, to seek honest, humble rest. Over his grave will rise no ornate tombstone but at the head will rest a Crown of Clay, baked hard as porcelain. By this traditional symbol, the Republic of Mexico, which cannot crown a living hero, is accustomed to pay royal homage to the Heroic Dead...
...symbol of France is a spunky, militant, land-lubbing Cock; but for one day last week Frenchmen raised the three-spiked Trident of sea power. For once the name of "Admiral of the Fleet"*Henri Salaun loomed on a momentary par with that of Marshal Ferdinand Foch. The occasion was twofold: first a review of the Grand Fleet, off Havre, and second the inauguration, at Havre, of the new docks and deep water basin-a prodigious puddle capable of accommodating simultaneously the two largest ships in the world, the Majestic and Leviathan...
...special symbol was assigned to "the indispensable word wangle" in the diplomatic code of the British Foreign Office, by imperative request of Colonel T. E. (Revolt in the Desert) Lawrence (See Yemen...
...industry was necessary, and the bee is the symbol of industry. For a newspaper, omnipresence was obviously desirable, and Telegrapher Rosewater saw bees everywhere, hiving, buzzing, hurrying, stinging. Actually, it was a printing house employe who suggested the name. But Telegrapher Rosewater always thought it a happy choice. Similar reasons, later, influenced publishers in Bellefourche, South Dakota; Owanka, South Dakota; Braymer, Mo.; Barnard...
...government is more than administration; it is power for leadership and co-operation with the forces of business and cultural life in city, town and countryside. The presidency is more than executive responsibility. It is the inspiring symbol of all that is highest in America's purposes and ideals...