Word: symbolized
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...across the Potomac in a Capitol police squad car, sirens ayowl. He arrived on the Senate floor, just in time to vote nay on the key Capehart amendment to the public-housing bill. That he did-although by then Johnson no longer needed the vote-was the result and symbol of Johnson's driving, meticulous leadership. Last week his leadership won the year's sternest test...
...union be 13 stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation.'' Eighteen years of digging and deduction have produced a new theory that the Stars and Stripes descended not from the national colors of some other country but from a red-and-white-striped symbol of unity flown by Calvinists in seven northern provinces of The Netherlands during the revolt against Spain that began in 1568. This theory, based on 16th to 18th century paintings as well as written records, is the work of Lawrence Phelps Tower, a Wall Street broker who once made a business...
...white stripes and the British Union Jack in its canton. At sea, American Commodore Esek Hopkins flew a jack of 13 stripes and a rattlesnake. After the signing of the Declaration of Independence, there was no longer need for a canton symbol of union with Great Britain, and with the congressional resolution of June 14, 1777, stars were substituted for the crosses of St. George and St. Andrew. The idea for the stars, Tower believes, may have come from East Friesland, whence many refugees, including William Penn, came to America...
Citation: "Truly a living legend in the athletic world and a towering, unshakable symbol of honesty and integrity in collegiate sports, but more than these, one to whom a grateful country will forever accord the timeless tribute: 'Maker...
...founded the National Council of Negro Women (more than 800,000 members), was special adviser to Franklin Roosevelt on minority problems ("Mrs. Bethune, I believe in you"), served as special assistant to the Secretary of War on WAC training. In all her work, she was a symbol and part of the progress of the Negro race itself...