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ribbon
Vox populi A strip of satin in a single loop; ribbonmania began with the red ribbon, signifying AIDS awareness; it has continued ad absurdum with its wearers lending their maudlin support to virtually every disease, cause, and hackneyed do-gooder catchphrase in every known color


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After cutting the ribbon on a new 25,000-square-foot expansion in late 2004, J.
The first service from Germany saw Bert Trautmann, a former prisoner of war, cutting the ribbon just days before his heroic performance for City in the FA Cup Final where he played in the latter part of the match with a broken neck.
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said it was only fitting that on a day the nation memorialized the late Rosa Parks for her brave stance of refusing to give up her seat to a white man on a public bus in Montgomery, Los Angeles would be cutting the ribbon on another piece of its regional transit system.
 
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