"Woman has been symbolized almost out of existence," Katherine Anne Porter wrote, in 1950.
In this portrait of postwar Bangladesh, a brother-sister duo symbolize, almost too neatly, the clash between secularism and fundamentalism.
Yasir Arafat, who died yesterday morning in Paris, was the wily and enigmatic father of Palestinian nationalism who for almost 40 years symbolized his people's longing for a distinct political identity and an independent state.
One kept thinking about Mr. Armani and his clothes last week in the middle of the French spring 2001 collections -- thinking about how to view his achievement at a time when much of the focus in fashion has not only shifted away from Mr. Armani, but also from almost everything he has symbolized -- above all, the rational expression of style.
The group laid the groundwork for the growing contemporary dance genre by making music that was slightly rougher and almost comically synthetic — the latter symbolized by their habit of wearing robot helmets in their public appearances.
The harmonies and rhythmic patterns she creates are effective in symbolizing the broad, almost operatic messages about the human condition that she relays through her lyrics about love, hope, death, sex, and violence.
M. Berg,Haifa, Israel A loose cannon The bleating about the perfidious Afghan president Hamid Karzai ("Obama in Kabul," editorial, March 31), would be almost laughable if he didn't symbolize the U.S. presence in Afghanistan.
He didn't talk much about his work, but Arnett did, functioning almost as an interpreter: tigers often symbolized black-male strength; un-recycled tin cans, the laboring class; monkeys, white men.
Mr. Park has overseen a transition in which Hynix has disaffiliated itself almost entirely from the Hyundai group, as symbolized by changing its name from Hyundai Electronics.
Following tradition, Merkel will make the first foreign trip of her new term almost immediately, on Wednesday, to Paris, to symbolize French and German amity after two world wars on opposing sides.
