In the world of nation branding, flags become logos, national anthems advertising jingles.
Rome (CNN) -- Thousands of Catholics waving flags from around the world packed St.
People hoisted flags from all over the world, including Brazil, Mexico, Malta and France.
Just before World War II, the Nazi regime planted flags on the continent for Hitler.
"People are not objecting to dignified commemoration of historic events or indeed the respectful display of flags and emblems, but many people and those include people with relatives that were volunteers in the 36th Ulster Division during World War One, perceive the erection of flags without consultation and in some cases with masked identity to be intimidating and bad for community relations, " he added.
At one of Gore's main rivals, Associated Air Center in Dallas, the company keeps track of its sales with little flags stuck into a wall-size world map outside its sales office.
Six Flags, while it had Bugs Bunny World, never bothered to exploit its ability to license newer Warner Bros. franchises Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings to jazz up its rides.
A.s are "red flags" in the whirling-fast technology world where Alsop Louie likes to invest.
Many people waving the blue-and-white flags of Argentine, the homeland of the world's first Latin American pope.
When England won the World Cup on home soil in 1966 most of the flags being waved in the crowd were Union flags rather than St George's crosses - a tradition which remained in place by the time England made the semi-finals in Italy in 1990.
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Flags of convenience now account for more than half the world's merchant tonnage, and they show no signs of slowing.
When it came to raising the profile of sport, bringing countries together, world firsts to be witnessed, skeptics silenced and the sale of flags to reach an all time high, the London 2012 games delivered all of this and more.
The Avenue in the Rain by Childe Hassam, 1917, depicts Fifth Avenue in New York City adorned with flags and banners in support of the Allied war effort during World War I.
Standing on the roof of Two World Financial Center, amid mounds of debris that still litter the streets and rooftops around the World Trade Center, New York police officers -- among them former Marines -- raised the flags of the United States, Marines, Navy, Army, Air Force and Coast Guard.
Sad to say, the same red flags that should have ended Madoff's scam years earlier are visible throughout the investment management world and are putting trillions of dollars of public pension money at risk.
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