Sentences with phrase «potent symbols in»

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«God,» in his various aspects, serves as a potent and hallowed symbol for various features of reality.

A hundred years later, as I celebrated Christmas in Manhattan, the tree decked with blue glass baubles and stretching to the ceiling of our little apartment was the only potent religious symbol Christmas afforded.

He is the latest symbol in Dallas, along with Elliott, that the Cowboys have built a lifeblood, a potent team through the draft.

Ultimately then, like many have concluded with this year's anniversary, the significance of Magna Carta for those in the movement lay in what it stood for as a potent symbol of the long struggle for the rights and freedoms of the British people.

Since it was discovered in 1985, the Antarctic ozone hole has been a potent symbol of humankind's ability to cause unintended environmental harm.

Will he, in the wider European interest, be prepared to sacrifice some slice of that most potent of all symbols of nationhood — the land itself?

Colstrip is now a potent political symbol in Montana.

When future historians look back on 2017, they will see several potent symbols of the new world order hiding in plain sight.

mute custodial worker goes to town on herself in the bath each night, her water - shriveled finger a potent symbol of squandered erotic potential.

Hawkins» mute custodial worker goes to town on herself in the bath each night, her water - shriveled finger a potent symbol of squandered erotic potential.

At the same time, the drum is a potent symbol of the vibrancy and resilience of African culture in America.

TEHRAN: Amid the post-election turmoil and public protests that have roiled Iran over the last several weeks, one of the most poignant (and potent) symbols for the opposition has been Neda Agha - Soltan, the young woman shot by a government sniper in the midst of the Tehran crowds on June 20.

«Civil Rights Marchers» (1988) and «Once Something Has Lived It Can Never Really Die» (1996) span the artist's brief but explosive career and complement the High's existing holdings of Lockett's cut - metal drawings and deer paintings, work in which animals become potent symbols for the vulnerability of African - American men in the post — Civil Rights era South.

This self - conscious act of appropriation exposes the manner in which a potent symbol can become unmoored from what it originally signified — in the case of the cowboy, unbound freedom — by continually being recycled by the advertising industry to sell cheap products.

Although the first Fountain was either lost or broken, it became a potent symbol through reproduction for artists in the 1960s, challenging the values of uniqueness and authenticity in art.

By wearing masks in some works, and drawing while performing on stage in others, she disrupts the conventions of theatrical storytelling to emphasize potent symbols and critical self - awareness.

The career of Tracey Emin, one of the best - known contemporary British artists, has become a potent symbol of the relationship between art and celebrity in our time.

Mr. Glaser, 87, created one of the most potent images of the last century, I ♥ NY, a rallying symbol when the city and state were in crisis in 1977.

Because these tribal patterns and symbols were related with the work of Diego Rivera and David Siqueiros, both held at the time in high esteem by their struggling New York colleagues, they carried a potent political and aesthetic message.

While it's a potent symbol and convenient rallying point for campaigners, it's a distraction from core issues and opportunities on energy and largely insignificant if your concern is averting a disruptive buildup of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

So potent was that original Liberty Tree as symbol of independence, it was targeted by the opposition in the opening battles of the Revolutionary War.

Number of investors flipping homes returns to precrisis levels; big banks get back in the game Dec 28, 2016 By Kirsten Grind and Peter Rudegeair House flipping, a potent symbol of the real - estate market's excess in the run - up to the financial crisis, is once again becoming hot, fueled by a combination of skyrocketing home -LSB-...]