The largest species, the red abalone, has been harvested for 140 years, and it once symbolized the abundance of marine life along the coast.

So much for cowboys and soldiers and astronauts, those heroes who once symbolized American right and might.

The leaders gathered in the early evening for a welcoming ceremony at the Doge's Palace, which once symbolized Venetian glory.

It has been proposed by one academic researcher that the Dragon symbol is actually a scorpion and once symbolized the star Antares.

The Giants once symbolized the true faith of pro football, and the Jets of the rival league appeared as a pigskin protestantism.

It is generally agreed that Christmas once symbolized the birth of a person whom a large segment of the world's population considers to have been its Savior.

The euro, which once symbolized prosperity, is now viewed by many here as an invitation to higher prices.

On that one score, the man who once symbolized the United Nations and these people who hold it in contempt did not sound far apart at all.

While the election may not have been a call to radicalism, it certainly endorsed a man who once symbolized it.

The financial thunderstorms now towering over Pan Am have cast a shadow on an airline that once symbolized America's dominance of international aviation.