Word: symbolized
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme was described as a "symbol of decency in human affairs" by mourners who gathered at a memorial service at Harvard's Memorial Church on Saturday...
...circling overhead, it looked as if the reformist rebellion was all over. If the choppers had fired into the Enrile-Ramos headquarters, the reformers would have been helpless. But then the choppers landed, and out came airmen waving white flags and giving the "L" sign for laban (fight), a symbol of the opposition. Suddenly the crowd, realizing that the air force was now defecting, went wild...
There is no question that Aquino, who was transformed from mere symbol to forceful leader over the past six months, has the mandate. What she lacks is experience in governing. At her first presidential conference, Aquino asked the country for patience. "I'm doing my very best," she said. "I only wish that people would give us time...
...Henri Soule, owner of the tony Le Pavillon restaurant in New York. Explains Alexis Lichine, author of A Guide to the Wines and Vineyards of France: "It was served at Le Pavillon in the days when Onassis sat at a corner table. After that, Chateau Petrus became a status symbol, the sort of name dropped by people who wish to imply not only that they know wine but that they are in wine...
Among clergymen of all races was the Rev. Beyers Naude, 70, an Afrikaner whose spiritual journey from faith in apartheid to the struggle for Black rights has made him a symbol of white liberalism...