Word: icebergs
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Much of the attention to what critics call the "vernacular architecture" of the postwar era comes from baby boomers nostalgically intent on preserving the roadside attractions of their youth. Groups in six states are seriously studying some of the teepee-shape motels and iceberg-shape gas stations that still dot U.S. Route 66, once the main route from Chicago to Los Angeles. "These places are a part of our history," says Richard Gutman, author of American Diner. "They are being swept away at a pace that is astonishing...
...conversation with Rakowski last week suggests that the Soviet leader finds better promise in an uncharted future than in a failed past. But if Eastern Europe's summer of hope gives way to a winter of discontent, Gorbachev's go- with-the-flow optimism may bump up against an iceberg...
...slashed Exxon's second-quarter profits from $1 billion to $160 million, the world's largest oil company has so far suffered no serious financial hardship. Even so, warns Bryan Jacoboski, who follows the oil industry for PaineWebber, "I think this could be only the tip of the iceberg...
Threats of violence were only the tip of the iceberg. The Crimson caused controversy in 1981 when it published an editorial about a prison riot in Arizona. Although none of the rioters were Black, a picture of two Black Harvard students with bars superimposed over their faces appeared next to the editorial, said Clark. When the students threatened to sue, The Crimson settled the matter by printing a retraction and agreeing to capitalize the word "Black...
...when the captain of the Bahia Paraiso, a naval resupply ship that doubles as a tourist boat, sailed through waters identified on charts as having "dangerous ledges and pinnacles." The ship was shaken by a "terrible jolt," says passenger Nadia Le Bon. "I thought we hit an iceberg." Instead, the ship had struck Full Astern Reef, which ripped a 30-ft. gash through its double hull and into the engine room. With the ship listing and the smell of gasoline thick in the air, the 314 passengers and crew members were rescued unharmed by scientists in small boats from...