Word: symbolized
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More damaging -- but still largely beside the point -- are suggestions that because Bush's children were involved in business deals that required federal bailouts, Bush is somehow to blame. There is little doubt that the Bush children have shown appalling judgment in business matters. Neil Bush became a national symbol of the S&L debacle in 1988 when he served on the board of the Silverado Banking, Savings & Loan Association, a Denver thrift that went bankrupt and then cost taxpayers $1 billion to recapitalize. Silverado's problems had worsened after Neil Bush and other directors approved bad loans...
...goes well, until Eve (Jessica Walling) awakens from her lifeless sleep, a symbol of her creation by God. She has the uncanny ability to call thing by their correct names; what Adam calls a `four-pronged white squirter', she instinctively calls a cow. Her superior knowledge disturbs Adam, but he reassures himself by flaunting his comic abilities--all of which has nothing to do with terrible fate, bit it gives levity to the otherwise grim storyline...
Furthermore, singling out AIDS patients for this media exposure turns the disease into more than just a disease. It becomes the symbol for all our social ills, as leprosy was in the middle ages, and has the same stigmatizing effect on its victims. Compassion towards AIDS patients should begin with the decision to see them as normal people trying to live normal lives...
...balcony] is a symbol of our not being part of the mainstream of our trade," she said...
Today, those students wishing to start up or revitalize clubs have little in the way of resources which allow them to easily glean insight from the experience of the leaders of older, larger extracurriculars. A student center would provide a central meeting place and a tangible symbol of the continuity of student activities...