Word: symbolized
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...thumbing through a pile of magazines recently, and a curious advertisement for No-Nonsense pantyhose caught my eye. In the middle of the full-page ad floated a sharp-looking image of Tina Turner encapsulated in a women's symbol. The print on the bottom of the ad read, "No-Nonsense American Woman of the Month: To Tina Turner, legendary performer and survivor, for proving that when a woman has talent, strength, guts and courage--nothing can beat her!" Why does Tina Turner exemplify the qualities celebrated by the No-Nonsense Women's Political Caucus advertising committee? A few well...
Both personally and professionally, it has been a privilege for me to work closely with Jerry since he accepted my invitation to become Provost. His new Leverett Professorship is a symbol of the strong commitment that he and I share to scholarship across Faculty lines. It will enable him to combine and build upon his achievements as both Provost and scholar, bringing the insights he has developed through his leadership in inter-Faculty initiatives to bear more directly on the actual practice of interdisciplinary teaching and research. I hope very much that Harvard's next Provost will accomplish as much...
...Aaron is symbol of the tragic consequences of a society obsessed both with food and standards of physical fitness and thinness. Some may wonder why I focus on him, when the great majority of victims of eating disorders are female. Yet male eating disorders deserve to be talked about because they so rarely are presented in the mainstream media or brought into the public consciousness...
Many Iranians, however, continue the tradition because they uphold it as a symbol of the secularization of the state, Chehabi added...
...college radio remains a symbol of an alternative to the top-down, image-driven, commercial music being pushed on American youth by multi-million dollar companies. Following independent music requires a certain devotion, but the rewards are worth the effort. As Wolk observes: "You've got a hundred incredibly horrible independently-released records coming out every two days, but for every hundred incredible horrible ones, there are three that will change your life...