Ilene Margolin, a spokeswoman for Emblem, said she could not comment on an individual case, but added: "We lost tens of millions on some of those products.
"It seems to be a deliberate, improper use of the emblem," said Anna Schaaf, a Red Cross spokeswoman, noting that such use violates international law.
The 15 juniors and seniors in a sound production class learned about the blackout firsthand when they visited Google and saw the blacked out emblem, said Kelli Cauffman, the media teacher.
Baffert was paid $50,000 last year to start Point Given, the Preakness and Belmont winner, in the Haskell and will be paid the same amount to start War Emblem, said George Zoffinger, the president and chief executive of the sports authority.
As he walked with his horse to the winner's circle yesterday, a proud Prince Ahmed bin Salman, owner of War Emblem, said, "These guys, talking about speed, they haven't seen anything yet".
John Coski, a historian who wrote the 2005 book "The Confederate Battle Flag: America's Most Embattled Emblem," said in an e-mail that he suspects the flag still has "multiple meanings," even if defenses involving regional pride and the like have been increasingly challenged and marginalized.
IOC president Jacques Rogge was very happy with the emblem, saying, "Your new emblem immediately conveys the awesome beauty and power of China which are embodied in your heritage and your people".
"I was jailed for desecration of a national emblem," she says proudly, "tearing the French flag on 14 July".
"My proudest achievement was a giant Oakland Raiders emblem," he says, holding his hands about a foot apart, "with big letters that said 'Commitment to Excellence.' " Patrick refers to himself as "institutionalized": he has spent so much time in prison that the prospect is no longer a deterrent.
