Word: symbols
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...Polish delegation was en route to commemorate thousands of Polish prisoners of war and intellectuals murdered at Katyn by Soviet forces in spring 1940, in an enduring symbol for Poles of their suffering under Soviet rule. The passengers included Poland's Army chief of staff, central banker, deputy foreign minister, deputy parliamentary speaker, several parliament members, generals and bishops as well as relatives of victims of the Katyn massacres...
...tragic and cursed Katyn again," said former Polish president Aleksander Kwasniewski. "It is a terrible symbol again...
Over the past week, members of Harvard Men Against Rape have been encouraging other men to don the white ribbon as a symbol of their support for the fight against sexual assault...
This two-piece suit continues to be a controversial symbol of female sexuality; it is still worn in competition, but the bikini is more likely to be seen on models in Sports Illustrated than on athletes in the Olympics...
...even better is the way McEwan deftly contrasts the high ideals of the travelers - who call for a new, greener way of life - with their unacknowledged selfishness. The ship's boot room, where people load and unload their polar gear, and which steadily descends into chaos, becomes a symbol of humanity's problems with planetary management. "How were they to save the earth," Beard wonders, "when it was so much larger than the boot room...