Mr. Obama's schedule, heavy on symbolism, is also part of his message to the Israeli public.
Although Mr. Obama had said in the past that he didn't want to travel to Israel until he could accomplish something concrete, he arrived here with a less-than-ambitious agenda focused more on symbolism and shoring up relationships than on substantive policy.
"Rather than focus on some grandiose symbolism, start on the ground--where the 6-foot human interacts with the space around him, " suggests John (Jack) Portman III, chief executive of John Portman Associates, an Atlanta architecture and development firm.
The 1x3 mile Lumbini Project Area was planned out in detail based on Buddhist symbolism of geometric shapes and the path to enlightenment.
It surveyed political symbolism on all arterial routes and town centres in Northern Ireland during the first two weeks in July and last two weeks of September over a five-year period from 2006 to 2010.
He can still ask Scotty to beam his song and symbolism elsewhere on the web or drop him in concert venues.
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"But let me say generally on the question of symbolism, an apology under the right circumstances -- those things can be quite important, " he said.
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While Palestinians will see no changes on the ground with immediate effect, the symbolism is all-important.
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The symbolism of the vote was not lost on traditionalists, who angrily denounced it as a "surreptitious" changing of the Church's teaching.
With tragic irony, Mr Kerr's death might help: it provoked not just powerful symbolism among politicians, but palpable anger on both sides of the community, sections of which have in the past been inclined to regard the dissidents as little more than a disruptive nuisance.
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Support for an Israeli-Syrian Accord: As a general proposition, it is not sensible for the United States to make a commitment of indefinite duration to put U.S. troops on the Golan for symbolic purposes, when the necessary symbolism can (and undoubtedly will) be supplied amply by other means.
Performances are rich with symbolism, conventions, codes and signs understood by Iranian spectators, and take place on a stage without lighting or decoration.
Truth to tell, though, it is respect for symbolism and recent history rather than belief in lucky charms that makes Mr Scharping hang on to that chestnut.
But the time for symbolism has come and gone, and Gus Dur has quickly set about putting his mark on government.
But symbolism does not go unnoticed in the Arab world, with its precise protocol and constant emphasis on who is paying homage to whom.
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