Word: iceberg
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...just the tip of the iceberg. Virtually every successful clothing store or catalog offers the same thing as the Gap. J. Crew is mail-order Gap. Tweeds is mailorder Gap with more patterns. Lands' End is mail-order Gap for more conservative dressers. L.L. Bean is mail-order Gap with plaid and boots. Bennetton is Gap with brighter colors. The Limited is Gap with more design. Banana Republic, which is owned by the Gap, is Gap with more pockets and more khaki...
These are the humble makings of a revolution in progress: Macaroni and cheese. Timex watches. Volunteer work. Insulated underwear. Savings accounts. Roseanne. Domestic beer. Local activism. Sleds. Pajamas. Sentimental movies. Primary colors. Mixed-breed dogs. Bicycles. Cloth diapers. Shopping at Wal- Mart. Small-town ways. Iceberg lettuce. Family reunions. Board games. Hang- it-yourself wallpaper. Push-it-yourself lawn mowers. Silly Putty...
...housing issue is just the tip of the iceberg. Now, while the Committee on House Life is still discussing the fate of Lehman Hall, reform on issues facing transfer students must be addressed...
...play is what social workers call a dysfunctional family: a mother who was physically and psychologically abusive and four middle-aged children who still suffer the weaknesses she inflicted in teaching them to be strong. In many plays, hardened grandmothers conceal a cuddly core. Inside this woman is an iceberg, distant and adrift. When the retarded daughter has poured out longing for marriage and babies, for tenderness and some shred of affection, her mother rises and leaves the room without a gesture or word, just a slow shutting of the door...
...equally huge project is Shell's $500 million Bullwinkle platform, 130 km (80 miles) off the Louisiana coast. Standing 162 stories high -- taller by 49 m (161 ft.) than Chicago's Sears Tower -- it looms like a gigantic iceberg in 412 m (1,353 ft.) of water, only its top-deck production facilities visible above the water. Chevron is planning a big project nearby. Southeast of New Orleans, Exxon is operating a 110-story platform, and a few miles away British Petroleum is erecting its own 100-story behemoth...