Two Negroes were admitted, but only afterGovernor George Wallace had carried outhis symbolic threat to stand in the school house door.

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He also visited a hospital, a symbolic stop designed to highlight American support for development efforts in Africa.

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(Recording) Keita says the 28th of September is now more than just a symbolic day simply marking the anniversary of Guinea's independence.

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It's taking place at the heart of Europe, and we think that is an important symbolic moment,as well,".

VOA: standard.2009.04.03

In front of the National Monument, protesters lined the grass with symbolic tombstones honoring soldiers and civilians killed in recent U.S.military action.

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Demonstrators then prepared symbolic flag-draped coffins marking the presence of the U.S.military in different foreign countries.

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It was a symbolic beginning to a day of ceremony and discussions.

VOA: standard.2009.04.04

Wells Fargo's rugged but beautiful Concord stagecoaches, built in New Hampshire and employed all across the country, became symbolic of the dangerous journeys across the western plains and mountains.

VOA: standard.2010.03.11

World leaders and dignitaries have gathered to join in the 20th anniversary celebrations, which include open air concerts, fireworks,and the symbolic collapse of a wall of brightly painted oversize dominoes.

VOA: standard.2009.11.09

The Nobel Peace Prize is clearly a symbolic gesture.

VOA: standard.2009.10.09

But in a symbolic protest of what the State Department Wednesday termed Iran's appalling and deplorable treatment of election protestors, it is withdrawing invitations for Iranian diplomats to attend traditional U.S.embassy Fourth of July parties.

VOA: standard.2009.06.24