By definition symbols convey meaning, and people therefore tamper with them at their peril (witness the mixed emotions of race and tradition when the Confederate flag is flown in the South, or the horror when some white supremacist burns a cross or daubs a swastika).
We cannot accomplish this by sniping at one another about our weight, our hair color, our aggressive posture, or the fact that we used a curse word in the Board meeting or said a cross word to a team member.
Ideally you want to see David Beckham 20 yards from goal because he has that ability to create a goal from nowhere - either with a terrific cross or from a long-range shot.
Someone lost a glove or refused their coat, was cross or hungry or needed a clean diaper.
Police did not say if the two women were killed by the shooter or in a cross-fire with police.
" "It could be as simple as using a Buddha screen saver or having a cross at your desk.
Is this good journalism, or a cross-posting from some dating advice website?
Can we have a multi-channel or a cross-channel experience with these retailers?
She proceeded to fairly rapidly go down the list, with minimal explanation, placing next to each item either a check (good) or a cross (bad).
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It may seem like missing the original point, but is it any different from a Range Rover, with its roots in a vehicle designed to cross deserts or mountains, sporting a leather interior, air-conditioning and chrome wheels?
Almost a third of all marriages involving a Hispanic or Asian partner cross racial lines (counting Hispanics as a race for this purpose).
Of the total, 33 were believed to be suicides or attempted suicides, and another 54 were people struck on the tracks after being there for a variety of reasons, such as a deliberate leap off the platform to retrieve property or cross to the other side, or an accidental tumble in front of a train.
Other users can find your artwork by following you, filtering by geography, watching a global feed or seeing it on Facebook via a cross-posting option.
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Or could it have been that in December 1988, even in such a permissive time and place, Daphne suspected that she had somehow managed to cross a forbidden line into a social or cultural or family territory that was taboo?
But it could turn out to be a mutation or cross strain of one or several coronaviruses seen in cows, birds and pigs.
Using a different econometric method gets a cross-elasticity of about .20%, or a 2% increase in gas for every 10% decrease in price.
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The petition of concern requires 30 or more signatures and triggers a cross-community vote in the assembly.
Loads of companies use the technology of others, sometimes freely, sometimes for a fee or in cross-licensing agreements.
Will it be a clash or a fantastic opportunity to cross-sell?
Each party in this community-organized Za Krizen ( following the cross ) procession is led by a cross-bearer who walks barefoot or in socks, never resting.
Is the company caught in a cross current or bad tide that is going to overwhelm it or is it something it can deal with if it is given enough time?
This can be caused by a cross wind, or the condition of the salt, or who know what.
Once e-commerce was generally accepted, the industry spent the next several years discussing how to create a cross-channel or multi-channel retail experience.
It takes a ship full of car parts a week or more to cross the Atlantic and around three weeks to go from Asia to Europe.
Some Blues plans like Blue Cross of California, amid financial problems, became for-profit and took to the public markets in the 1990s, creating today what is known as Wellpoint (WLP), which operates plans under the Blues or Anthem Blue Cross brands in more than a dozen states.
At first, there might not seem to be much of a cross-over between protein folding and, say, running a web server or a database.
Eventually, after a decade or so, it should cross the heliopause and venture into interstellar space.
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Volume for the documents is rising: Now you need a passport to cross from Mexico or Canada.
Tests in those boroughs found meat in school meals did not contain either horsemeat or pork cross-contamination with halal food, said a spokeswoman.
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