Word: symbolized
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Frank White is a symbol of the good sportsmanship that prevails wherever good fellows get together and light up a cigarette or pipe. . . ." The speaker coughed and put down his cigar...
...Bolton introduced resolutions asking that the rose be made the national flower. Said the resolutions: "The rose has long been the favorite flower of the American people, who prefer it by a margin of 18 to 1 over any other." It added that the rose has become an "international symbol of peace"-the Peace rose gardens in such places as Jacksonville and Abilene apparently having dimmed the memory of the Wars of the Roses. Mused Mrs. Bolton: "Perhaps the President would issue his proclamation in the Rose Garden at the White House." Added Mrs. Smith: "The very famous Rose Garden...
...bull stood for something more than Americans' faith in their economy. As the U.S. entered a new era of competitive coexistence with the Communist world, the bull was a symbol that Americans were sure they could compete...
...Silver Chalice (Warner) is made from Thomas B. Costain's bestselling nov el about a small group of dedicated Christians who sought to create a symbol out of the cup used at the Last Supper. Like so many other movies about the birth of Christianity, this film has a hard struggle trying to dramatize religion. Faith is depicted as a kind of chance commodity: some have it, some haven't-and the have-nots can get it merely by leafing through the scenario to the proper page...
This week, when Jerusalem's Hanukkah lights had flickered out, few believed that the peace would last. Many Sabbath drivers took the precaution of marking their cars with the Shield of David-the symbol of the Jewish Red Cross that marks doctors' cars. "Even with a Magen David one isn't safe," said one driver, "but at least one is safer." The orthodox leader, Rabbi Blau, however, deplored the violence. "If I had my way," he said, "every Jew who wishes to stand up against what he believes to be a desecration of his faith would demonstrate...