Word: symbolized
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...economy, or its own self-interest, can it be trusted as the leader of a Western military or political alliance? Fortunately, no one is yet asking that fundamental question, and Washington had better make sure it does not come up. Today, as always, the American dollar remains the worldwide symbol of the U.S. itself; if the currency is weak and friendless, the nation eventually will be too. - Christopher Byron
...routine. Says Family Therapist Norman Paul of Boston: "They think their wives' violence is part of family life. They have come to accept it." Paralyzed by shame and guilt, they are reluctant to seek help from anyone-family, friends, counselors or the cops. Explains Steinmetz: "Police are a symbol of manhood, and it is simply too much to approach a policeman and say, The little woman has just beaten...
...Curse of the Starving Class, Shepard's symbol is a refrigerator devoid of food; his theme, the aching emptiness of U.S. family life. Each member of this rural family is poisoned by sour dreams...
Radcliffe is "not just a college; it is an institution," as Radcliffe Forum Director A. Simone Reagor put it recently. While some label Radcliffe an anachronism, others hail it as a living symbol of the more tranquil society of the past, or of a future society in which women will participate more fully than they do now. As it nears its centennial, the college today is an enigma: Radcliffe receives alumnae donations--some women say they go to school there--but it lacks an official undergraduate enrollment. Radcliffe confuses people...
Johann Gutenberg had to go into debt to finish the first Bible ever printed, a two-volume edition. Plagued by lawsuits and lack of cash, he struggled for two years fashioning each character and symbol by hand-46,000 pieces in all. When it was completed in 1454, the 150-copy paper edition fetched about 20 guilders (roughly $1,000) apiece; the 35 parchment copies were a little more. Now three of the 48 complete or partial Gutenberg Bibles still known to exist are on the market in New York City. The asking price has been as high...