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| | Skull-and-crossbones designs go mainstream (Site not responding. Last check: ) |
 | | While some parents associate the skull and crossbones with death, Goth culture or punk rock, the design's meaning today has broadened along with its presence in pop culture. |
 | | In Nebraska right now, opponents of Initiative 423, a proposed state government spending lid, use the skull and crossbones in their ads, and the University of Nebraska football team uses the skull and crossbones as a symbol for its defense, the Blackshirts. |
 | | The skull and bones' popularity, especially with the younger crowd, can in part be credited to Walt Disney's "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest," a box-office record-breaker this summer, and celebrities have been sporting the motif ever since it was a runway hit a year or more ago. |
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