Word: symbolized
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Whether the lessons of Nixonian history were applied a bit too exactly in this case is unclear. What is more significant about Clinch River is the symbol it represents--a symbol not only of continued support for a strong nuclear program, but of Congress's determination to be the guiding force in the creation of a national energy policy...
Working class movements and Europe adopted the day as a symbol of international hope and solidarity. The holiday has since spread over much of the world, even though the calculated effort to replace it with "Labor Day" succeeded in the United States...
...coast of Japan; but two have been spotted during the cold months in the DMZ. The other species is the Manchurian crane, a majestic white, black and red bird with a wingspan of 8 ft., which is the emblem of the South Korean airline and something of a national symbol. Once there were hundreds in Korea's winter skies. Today, as a result of the shrinkage of wetlands, only a few flocks remain. Three of them winter in the DMZ, then fly off to their breeding grounds in Siberia...
Before them, on the pavement under a budding willow tree, was an impromptu folk memorial to the five bodyguards who had been murdered during the kidnaping of Aldo Moro, leader of the ruling Christian Democratic Party and a former Premier. The memorial is now a symbol of what the Italian press has come to call, among many other things, the "Strage di Gioveìi Nero"- the Massacre of Black Thursday. Several hundred bouquets of flowers were piled neatly in front of a low cross. Pinned to the cross in a cellophane shield were five newspaper photos of the dead...
...Their symbol is a five-pointed star, its two lower points exaggerated as in a child's awkward drawing. Below are the words Brigate Rosse (Red Brigades). This shadowy underground organization, with an estimated hard-core membership of no more than a few hundred, has become the deadliest and the most dreaded of Italy's far-left extremist groups. Since the Moro kidnaping last week, the Red Brigades have also become the most hunted...