Word: symbolized
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...mind. Even at this remove, the war is still intensely felt, but now in a more reflective, inward way. The Viet Nam Veterans Memorial, dedicated in 1982, is as popular as the Lincoln Memorial and the National Air and Space Museum. The entombment of the Unknown Soldier was another symbol of the nation's respect for the uniquely complex ordeal of the Viet Nam veteran. In a quiet, moving speech at Arlington, President Reagan concluded, "Let us, if we must, debate the lessons learned at some other time; today we simply say with pride: Thank you, dear...
...South American trip was particularly im- portant for the king, who is firmly committed to hispanidad--the unity of all Spanish-speaking peoples. He was received as a here wherever he went. "He is the symbol of a new future, or the new possibility for Latin America," says Marichal. "In Montivideo, the entire city was out in the street shouting, 'Long Live the King,'" he adds. "What they were really shouting was, 'Long Live Democracy...
...Dunster House seniors recently spearheaded a joke campaign to "put the mortar back in mortarboard." They hung a sign-up sheet in their dining hall asking how many classmates would be willing to go through Commencemment exercises sporting hardhats. About 40 volunteered. If you had to pick one symbol for the Class of 1984's four-year stay in Cambridge, it would have to be a hard...
...humorous level, but it got very serious once we started thinking about it," Stern says. "One of the resons people feel comfortable about Harvard is the seenery. It's nice once you step inside the gates to see ivy on them. Ivy has turned into a symbol for the school itself." The next fall administrators reversed their decision...
...Harvard was anxious to be a symbol of academic freedom to other universities. A secret record of cooperation with the FBI makes the symbol hollow," said Sigmond Diamond, a professor of history and sociology at Columbia University who has been embroiled in a debate about Harvard's actions during the McCarthy period since he began writing about it in 1977. Diamond has a significant personal interest: he received his Ph.D. here in 1953 and a year later was offered the position of Dean of Special Students by then-Dean of the Faculty McGeorge Bundy...