Word: symbolized
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...contrary, the Radical party, which has put at its head the next-to-last Premier of the Fourth Republic, Felix Gaillard (not exactly a symbol of renovation), has remained faithful to its own tradition of tolerant ambiguity by deciding to vote yes by a bare majority, with the intention nevertheless of disapproving most of what has been done since May! The Communists, of course, are uncompromisingly hostile to de Gaulle...
...something to add from his experience as food administrator in famine-stricken Europe after World War I: "Some modernist might surmise from his 'pair of scales' fixing the prices of barley and his conserving of 'oil and wine' that, in addition to being a symbol of famine, he also might have been a symbol of either a profiteer or a food administrator . . one of the torments...
...does Mr. Robinson's single contribution of poetry in the magazine lend itself to utter enlightenment. His poem, modestly spread across the center-fold of his 16-page publication, is graphically in the form of a giant phallic symbol, rising, one gathers, from the base of mediocrity and human rubbish. Mr. Robinson displays an amazing knowledge of six, seven, and eight-letter words, including poniard (spelled poignard, with which Webster is unfamiliar, on the preceding page by Harry Kemp, described as "a former friend of Eugene O'Neill") and cautery, the household word of course for what happens when...
...nation's expense-account economy, nobody is anybody unless he can say "Charge it." Thus, the credit card has risen as a new symbol of status that enables one to rent a plane or boat or car, give parties in nightclubs, even go on a full-blown safari in Africa without putting down a penny. For businessmen it also provides a convenient record of all expenses to show the Internal Revenue Service. Last week the credit-card game provided businessmen with the spectacle of being wooed and fought over by a handful of companies trying to dominate the business...
Henley soon lost the glamour of regatta week. The grandstands disappeared, traffic flow through the quaint town square returned to normal. But to eight Crimson rowers, their coxswain, their coach, and to their thousands of fans, this little village would always be a symbol of a magnificent effort.The lightweight eight in the Thames lock...