<Ul> <Li> The number' 2' . </Li> <Li> Victory--in a setting of wartime or competition . It was first popularised in January 1941 by Victor de Laveleye, a Belgian politician in exile, who suggested it as a symbol of unity in a radio speech and the subsequent "V for Victory" campaign by the BBC . It is sometimes made using both hands with upraised arms as United States President Dwight Eisenhower, and in imitation of him, Richard Nixon, used to do . American actor Steve McQueen flashing the V sign for a mugshot, after being arrested for drunk driving . </Li> <Li> Peace, or friend--used around the world by peace and counter-culture groups; popularized in the American peace movement of the 1960s . The commonality with the symbol's use from the 1940s was its meaning the "end of war". </Li> <Li> V (the letter)--used when spelling in American Sign Language . </Li> </Ul> <Li> The number' 2' . </Li> <Li> Victory--in a setting of wartime or competition . It was first popularised in January 1941 by Victor de Laveleye, a Belgian politician in exile, who suggested it as a symbol of unity in a radio speech and the subsequent "V for Victory" campaign by the BBC . It is sometimes made using both hands with upraised arms as United States President Dwight Eisenhower, and in imitation of him, Richard Nixon, used to do . American actor Steve McQueen flashing the V sign for a mugshot, after being arrested for drunk driving . </Li> <Li> Peace, or friend--used around the world by peace and counter-culture groups; popularized in the American peace movement of the 1960s . The commonality with the symbol's use from the 1940s was its meaning the "end of war". </Li>

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