Word: symbolized
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Pictures of a Unitarian church built by Wright at Madison, Wis. in 1949-50. Instead of a steeple, it has a steep, triangular roof shaped rather like hands folded in prayer. The triangle, Wright believes, is "the symbol of aspiration." ¶Pictures of a house Wright built in Phoenix last year for one of his sons. Made of concrete blocks, it looks like a snail shell somewhat flattened and supported on stilts. Says Wright: "It is in a citrus-orchard district and the orange trees make the lawn for the house. The slowly rising ramp reveals the surrounding mountains...
...beings, a romantic scientist," Henry shows little of the imagination which Mr. Flood attributes to him. After the brief enthusiasms of his trips to Europe and his love for Susan, he retreats into a quiet resignation, plodding in its dullness. Similarly drab, Susan is treated so much as a symbol of Boston propriety that she seems brittle and unappealing, while the contradictions of character which make Alice more interesting, are given very vague expression. Far more affecting than these three is the benign figure of Henry's father, who for all his omniscience, is an attractive and bodied character...
...traditional top hat, striped pants, red sash and morning coat, the President of France is a beloved symbol of republican pomp. He wields no executive power; he cannot initiate or veto legislation. But he can-if the situation demands and permits-counsel, guide and admonish. During France's periodic Cabinet crises, when he must direct the dancelike ritual from which new governments emerge, he seems a heartening symbol of stability. Premiers come and go, but the President remains (for a seven-year term, at least...
...stop." He smiled apologetically. "Symbol, you know." Then proudly, "Green Key." Friend stopped the car and Hatless raced back over a bridge or so to retrieve the woolie. He clutched it firmly. "We wear these uniforms when we meet people." "Oh," we said, "that's nice...
Even in a day when the traitor has become a headline staple, the name of Benedict Arnold remains the U.S.'s symbol of ultimate treachery. His was the classic sellout, the shocker that reduced a national hero to a despised knave. Yet there are still those ready to defend him as a maligned soldier who was goaded into villainy, and schoolteachers in his home state of Connecticut have complained that it becomes increasingly difficult to present him as a traitor...