Though Fischer dresses like a typical churchgoer, in button-downs and shiny pastel ties, on his right hand he wears a token of an élite education: an oversized ring signalling his membership in the Theta Delta Chi fraternity at Stanford University.
Though sometimes expressed through chivalric events such as tournaments, where knights would fight wearing a token from their lady, it could also be private and conducted in secret.
Called Zero-Interaction Authentication or ZIA, the system requires that laptop owners wear a small device or token -- in this case a wristwatch equipped with a processor and a short-range wireless link -- to communicate with the laptop.
In a wide-ranging interview with reporters at The New York Times, Mr. Walder — who wore a pair of subway token cufflinks — shared his plans to overhaul the technology of the nation's biggest transit system.
I still wear that token with a great sense of pride, and sadness.
As a serial chocolate chip in the proverbial bowl of milk - I wear my token badge with pride and a touch of humor.
And Alix Korey, as the party's token lesbian (she wears a man's suit, of course), hijacks the production for the few minutes it takes her to sing her big solo.
In 1980, the year "Blue Lagoon" opened, Ms. Foster strutted about in a dismal bore called "Carny," wearing a corset and stockings as the token girl.
One is a worn copper token, about the size of a nickel, on which is inscribed "Millions for Defense" around the edge, and "NOT ONE CENT for Tribute" in the middle.
Outside the plant gates, Muhammad Akram, a railway blacksmith, wore a tinsel garland that showed he was on a "token hunger strike," from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.
