Symbol
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They are given as a pledge of love and worn as a
symbol
of commitment.
The fundamental point, the Global Times stressed, is that the Dalai Lama “is a highly politicized
symbol
in China’s diplomacy,” so much so that a country’s attitude toward him affects almost “the entire relationship” with China.
The word Yalta, too, has assumed a life of its own, serving for years as a
symbol
of a division of the world by the great powers: of the large and powerful deciding the fate of the small and powerless without asking their advice, of inadmissibly pragmatic concessions or compromises by democratic governments vis-?-vis the overpowering strength of a totalitarian regime.
For Hong Kong, the defining
symbol
of the Communist government is the killing of students with abandon on June 4, 1989.
Agha Soltan has become the
symbol
of the desire for freedom of a people that Europe must help.
The CAP consumes about half of the Union's budget--an unimpressive
symbol
for a community that aims to become a player in world politics.
A telling
symbol
is that there is often more poverty among the young than among the elderly.
Shevardnadze, too, was initially viewed as a
symbol
of post-Soviet Georgian democracy.
For China, it is a
symbol
of recognition and respect as a regional military power.
If Megrahi was a powerful
symbol
of a century of mistrust between Libya and the West, his death can open the door to a new era of cooperation.
Captain Alfred Dreyfus, the Jewish officer falsely accused of treason in 1894, was such a polarizing figure in France because his opponents saw him as
symbol
of national decadence, of a nation whose sacred identity was being diluted by alien blood.
Their proposal was categorically rejected in a joint submission by 16 existing or future member states, all of them small countries, who insisted that the principle of rotation must be retained, as a
symbol
of the equality of all member states.
Malala’s survival – and possibly even full recovery – provides a vibrant
symbol
for a troubled country.
For France, lifting the embargo is also an important symbol, one that recognizes China’s role in fighting Islamist terrorism.
Nevertheless, it is a
symbol
that matters to China.
Hosting the games, a global
symbol
of positive expectations, lifted the UK’s spirits 12 years ago, in July 2005, when London was awarded the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Defending the Kim dynasty, built up as a
symbol
of Korean resistance to foreign powers, is a sacred task.
For some, immigration has become a
symbol
of a society gone astray.
Election-year politics in the US will strengthen these forces further, with President Barack Obama’s administration unlikely to relinquish a
symbol
of global power, which would invite opponents’ charges of weak leadership.
For example, during the referendum campaign in France for the European constitution, the “Polish plumber” became a
symbol
of the threat that European integration was supposed to pose to French workers’ standards of living.
More broadly, she is that rare entertainer/sex
symbol
who, like Madonna and a few other women, largely dictates her own narrative about the “meaning” of her celebrity.
There is something about the narrative – a sex
symbol
sacrificing her fetishized breasts for the sake of her children, with her husband staying by her side – that is deeply reassuring to women in Western culture.
The Road to Car SafetyTOKYO – The automobile – long a
symbol
of freedom, status, and success – is at a crossroads.
Debates over the Taj Mahal’s position as a
symbol
of multicultural India have yet to be settled, yet the nation is already being torn apart further by another cultural controversy – this time, over a film.
With so much riding on Padmavati’s image as a
symbol
of female honor and purity, Sanjay Leela Bhansali, the Bollywood filmmaker who set out to make a film of her story, unwittingly became a target of historical passions.
When the Wall fell in 1989, the images broadcast around the world of Germans clamoring atop and dancing there, before tearing it down piece by piece, became an equally iconic
symbol
of the rapid decline of Soviet-style Communism.
After all, the secretary-general is the ultimate
symbol
of the UN and, in a sense, the moral compass of the international community.
In fact, the khrushchevki have been a
symbol
of a freer Russia for a half-century.
The low representation of women in legislatures is not only a
symbol
of flaws in the functioning of Latin American democracies; it also means that women legislators are unable to bring their intrinsically different approaches to policy into play.
Not a single Syrian
symbol
was offered in tandem.
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