51. The bill was largely seen as a symbolic gesture, since the amount of money in question is not large. 52. The following day, in an equally symbolic gesture, he went to Strasbourg and met German chancellor Helmut Kohl. 53. The film depicts several well-dressed women arriving early at a polling place in a symbolic gesture against the machine. 54. The government now says it cannot afford reparations for individual victims, and may decide instead to make symbolic gestures, such as national monuments and community halls. 55. The House voted decisively to broaden military ties between Taiwan and the United States, a largely symbolic gesture that carries potentially damaging diplomatic consequences. 56. The more difficult task for the NFL is balancing symbolic gestures, which mean nothing, with conflicting images, which mean everything. 57. The movement appeared more a symbolic gesture for American benefit than a real Israeli change of strategy on the embattled West Bank. 58. The root of the trouble lies in Republican policies that women dislike, and more than symbolic gestures and tokenism will be necessary to overcome the problem. 59. The resolution is a symbolic gesture backed by state Agriculture Commissioner Tommy Irvin, who sees in Cuba a market for Georgia poultry and farm products. 60. The symbolic gesture would have meant the Mariners were off to the hottest start in all of major league baseball? |