Word: symbolized
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...brought with him a sporty Chevrolet Monte Carlo for the Soviet Union's foremost automobile enthusiast. In a curious sense, the gift of the cheaper auto,* which Brezhnev had specifically requested after reading that it was Motor Trend magazine's "car of the year," was an appropriate symbol of the more relaxed relations between Washington and Moscow and the metamorphosis of summits from the extraordinary into the ordinary...
More than most people, the Russians are aware of the power of nuance and symbol, and the fact that the President stopped off on his way to Moscow so that he could meet with America's NATO allies was a decided plus for the U.S. Nixon's presence in Brussels was a signal to the Soviets that NATO'S disarray of the past year was at least patched over and that the Atlantic shield was once again in place. "Without the alliance, it is doubtful that the [Soviet-American] détente would have begun," Nixon said...
...fixed the tangled halyard, and then, to the roll of a drum, brought down the Star of David. Murmured an Israeli liaison officer, "Seems we can put up flags faster than we can take them down." During the brief withdrawal ceremony, Eitan addressed the men. "This hill is a symbol both for us and for the Syrians. At this place, the closest we reached to Damascus, we overcame the enemy. We have no illusions, but we hope that by handing it over we bring peace closer. We leave here with pride. If there is need, we will return." With that...
...Millett studied literature at Minnesota and Oxford and taught at Columbia. She had always been primarily an academic, as the book showed by combining turgid prose with a tendency to uncharitable generalization. But the burgeoning women's liberation movement needed a source book, and the press needed a symbol. In a matter of weeks, Kate Millett saw herself metamorphosed from "unknown sculptor to media...
...Grand Funk. Then there are the brassy groupies with their stevedore vocabularies who haughtily flaunt their backstage passes. The boys come in gangs and do what gangs do -fling lighted matches, fight the bouncers, sometimes toss empty wine bottles. Vomiting from too much beer or wine is a status symbol. If these kids do not have tickets, they break in. A heavy security force, sometimes including local police, is de rigueur at most rock concerts...