Word: symbolized
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Dumas is becoming a symbol of a growing belief among blacks that busing is not the solution to the ferocious problems afflicting inner-city schools. In the past, all-black schools were considered by many blacks and white liberals an anathema to be destroyed by court order. No longer. They are a growing phenomenon in urban America, as whites continue to flee to the suburbs. Unlike the institutions created by the forced segregation that existed until the Supreme Court outlawed the practice in 1954, these schools are a function of changing demography, not of statutes. Disillusioned and frustrated...
...band. "We started off just playing in public, and our audience got bigger and bigger. Record companies in Australia had to sign us because our live-show following was bigger than some people's record sales." Adds Michael Hutchence, 30, who handles lyrics, lead vocals and sex-symbol assignments with equal panache: "We've toured a lot around the world for three or four years without a lot of success to tour on at first, because that's one of the ways we show what we're made of. I mean, we are one of the best live bands...
...City of Cambridge recently became the center of controversy when some city councillors objected to the public display of a Christmas tree. The council voted to substitute a more universal seasonal symbol--a "peace tree...
...taking ourselves too seriously," said Councillor William H. Walsh. "A Christmas tree is not a symbol of religion--it is purely a holiday symbol...I don't think this is something to be offended...
Although the order, as passed, did not specify what type of "universal" symbol should be placed in the lobby, Cyr suggested that a snowman might be in order...