1.   Ash Wednesday is one of the few church rituals in which Catholics are invited to adorn themselves with a clearly visible symbol of the faith.

2.   A year ago, demonstrators in Seattle ransacked a Starbucks Coffee store, venting their rage on that very visible symbol of globalization.

3.   Along with Jesse Jackson, Cuomo serves as a visible symbol of the old liberalism that Clinton is trying to shake off with a series of centrist positions.

4.   By any measure, they emerged as among the most visible symbols of the generational change and fast celebrity that has marked the Clinton White House.

5.   By this rule, the only public artworks that stay put are either mediocre or such highly visible symbols of communal pride that selling them would be unthinkable.

6.   Civilized nations preserve their heritage by keeping official documents, creating libraries -- and erecting monuments that serve as the visible symbols of the documented record.

7.   Every culture grants adults some visible symbol of their status as Big People.

8.   Gingrich is a visible symbol of the partisanship that infects the impeachment process.

9.   He is the most visible symbol of a system that the French say has worked better than any other in Europe to thwart terrorist strikes by Islamic radicals.

10.   He stokes the fans around him with his yells and gestures, a visible symbol of Bronco Mania.