Word: cocoon
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...people who come to Harvard who are immediately scared off by rich people. Other people live in a cocoon of rich culture," says Jeremy W. Linzee...
...Harvard men's volleyball team is emerging from its cocoon. No longer hampered by injuries, the team is beginning to shed the uncomfortable shell of problems that has plagued it this season...
...took only a few moments of residency elsewhere to make me realize that our capital city is a blight and a leech on the rest of the country. The politicians there--as well as the bureaucrats, the lobbyists and, of course, the media--live in a smug and isolated cocoon of privilege and perks, oblivious to the needs and common-sense wisdom of those of us who do the real work of this great nation: meeting payrolls, raising families, giving to charity and shooting the occasional spotted owl--all activities that were completely unknown to me and my neighbors back...
...like Motel 6," said Mohammed Sacirbey, Bosnia's Foreign Minister. "But I like Motel 6. 'Leave the light on.'" There were complaints about not being able to leave the base--although Milosevic was spotted Friday afternoon buying shoes in suburban Dayton, surrounded by a cocoon of Secret Service agents. "I've never seen so many trench coats in my life," said Dawn Warren, manager of Regis Hairstylists. "We were thinking it must be Reba McIntyre." The country singer performed Saturday night at Wright State University...
...became a journalist because of John Conway," said Rosenfeld, who is deputy editorial page editor for the Washington Post. "Through his own example, he introduced me to the notion that an individual's sensibilities could come to terms with the crud world outside the comfortable cocoon in which many of us had lived...