The loaf is made with egg yolks, fruits and tequila or mezcal, and is adorned with, or shaped as, a symbol of death.

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Politicians are obsessed with assembly plants, which some see as a symbol of national virility.

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Her public image as a sex symbol and diva conflicted with her religious upbringing, she said.

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The new mind-set could mean involvement with philanthropy and other causes that could (at least partially) replace material luxury as a status symbol.

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The composition is freighted with meaning in the same way that virtually every object in a Jan van Eyck painting operated as a symbol.

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Facebook is working on incorporating the hashtag, one of Twitter's most iconic markers, into its service by using the symbol as a way to group conversations, said people familiar with the matter.

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"We are in this for the long term and have experience with multiple generations, so the name should be useful as a symbol of continuity, " says David Rockefeller Jr.

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