| But it's a testament to his totemic presence and charisma that he's entirely convincing. |
| A mythology of looming threats has created an insatiable appetite for security, which then has to be assuaged through totemic gestures. |
| Among these patterns are those that cross-cut human and other species, creating the consubstantial kindreds known as totemic groups. |
| Setting aside the heat and noise over the totemic NHS, the state of the public services has barely registered in the campaign. |
| Perhaps, as demonstrations of what ancient people stood for, the big totemic building never shows the best of the way they were. |
| Others are totemic, involving plants or animals that are symbolic of kin groups. |
