Instead there are books and pens, palettes and musical scores.This was the Age of Enlightenment which looked to the classical world for its symbols of order, reason and inspiration.
It's the symbol of the sponsors (for reasons I'm not exactly clear on).
Both Germany and its former capital, which former Chancellor Helmut Kohl referred to as a "symbol of conspicuous modesty," have reasons to be understated about their strengths.
Glass is a persistent symbol of loneliness, and for good reason.
Isis says it is destroying the museums because, according to their ideology, they have to destroy every statue that is a symbol of worship, but the real reason behind the destruction is they don't have much money right now.
I mean, this is my friend from first grade, who I'd known my entire life, and he was this symbol of political agendas and a reason to go to war.
A brilliant combination of comic relief and sideline commentary, Violet, the original symbol of autocratic snobbery, soon became the show's voice of reason.
But secular communities are held together by the glue of reason and intellect, while religious communities add symbols and practices that attempt to transmit a sense of awe.
Athletes are a symbol of that quest, but for some reason track and field athletes are seen as an Old World model of purity.
"They wanted an animal that would be a symbol of the city, and for some reason they chose a giraffe," said Mario DeLeon, the veterinarian who has cared for Modesto since the giraffe's arrival.
