Word: symbols
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...objets de luxe, ranging from a golden Aphrodite set on a lapis lazuli shell to The Casket of Projecta, a bridal coffer, dug up in Rome late in the 18th century, but made around 375 A.D. to celebrate a marriage of Christian aristocrats. A m�lange of Christian symbol ism and the still-active images of classicism ?Nereids riding on sea serpents, Aphrodite borne up on the half shell by Tritons, and the bride (as in The Song of Solomon) primping herself for marriage?it is one of the most dazzling pieces of silver work to survive from...
Although Coors beer is sold almost exclusively in 14 Western states, it is the nation's fifth bestselling beer and has become something of a status symbol in the East. Presidents Eisenhower and Ford used to bring cases of Coors back to Washington aboard Air Force jets after transcontinental trips. Actor Paul Newman always drank Coors on movie sets when it was available...
...choice location. In Chicago, police arrested six Krishna Kringles for soliciting funds under false pretenses, then released them but ordered them to doff their Santa outfits. Nonetheless, the organization has no intention of changing its methods, pointing out -accurately-that no religious group has exclusive rights to the Santa symbol. Adds Krishna Public Affairs Director Mike Grant: "Our funds are being used for spiritual purposes and that, in the broader definition of charity, is charity...
...annual snowfall modest. The soil had to be firm (which automatically excluded the four-fifths of Alaska that is shifting, meltable permafrost), and it had to be less prone to earthquakes and volcanic eruptions than are many other parts of the seismically active state. Finally, as a symbol of the rugged grandeur of America's last frontier, the site had to be scenically impressive without intruding on salmon-spawning streams, bear dens or other wildlife sanctuaries...
...Franconia Notch State Park? Situated in the heart of the White Mountains, the Notch is one of nature's masterpieces, a wonderland of sharp cliffs, fast streams and crystalline lakes ringed by pine-covered mountains. It is also the site of a geological formation that has become a symbol of the Granite State: 40 feet of rock, perched far up a mountainside that has been sculpted by rain and wind into a craggy, natural Mount Rushmore-like profile known as the Old Man of the Mountains...