Parades, political speeches, presidential laying of wreaths, purchase of flags, and a plethora of media specials on the military all reflect ritualized symbols intended to demonstrate societal appreciation for the many sacrifices made by members of the warrior class.
The Prince of Wales' feathers were chosen in the 19th century by the WRU over another Welsh symbol, the leek, to demonstrate the nation's loyalty to Britain.
In this and other works he typically borrowed symbols from geometry to demonstrate his points, as in his comparison of man's search for truth to the task of converting a square into a circle.
They have become status symbols, a way to demonstrate one's wealth and pride in one's appearance, and the trend cares little for age.
They have become status symbols, a way to demonstrate one's wealth and pride in appearance, and the trend cares little for age.
A second theory is that he is a hapless symbol, taken in a bid to demonstrate Estonia's vulnerability and cast doubt on the pledges of collective defence offered by Nato and Barack Obama on his visit to Estonia a few days before the incident.
It seems clear now that Kerry was wasting his breath; the sentences were pre-determined, intended as a stark warning to Egyptian and foreign media and as a symbol of the regime's determination to demonstrate its independence of Washington.
"As consumers grow wealthier, they wish (publicly) to demonstrate their success via the symbols of capitalist success diamonds are the ultimate status symbols," Harris writes in an e-mail.
"Damien made one of these symbols," he said, sticking out his tongue to demonstrate.
Do we generate trash to demonstrate our buying power, often a symbol of our sexual power?
