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But Ambassador Sheehan indicated that even if UNSCR 1333 failed to stop the arms flow from Pakistan to the Taliban, it had enormous symbolic importance.
But the administration said the concessions were "largely symbolic" and would "not interfere with family planning programs around the world."
Martinis, barbecues, cigarettes, adultery--all are now vestigial, but where are the new suburban symbolic hooks?
David Brooks chides Bill McKibben in the July 1 "Breakfast Table" for having one child, arguing that it is "symbolic politics taken to an extreme."
Although the central event is a solemn and highly symbolic water-drawing ceremony, the crowds turn out in force for the more public and spectacular fire ceremonies.