Word: iconization
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...also buoyed a nation wondering what had happened to the short, neat liberation of Iraq. Within a few hours of the news, the picture of the doe-eyed Lynch swaddled in an American flag while being whisked to safety on a military stretcher had already become an icon. President Bush--along with the inevitable gaggle of book and movie agents--sent best wishes...
...Iraqi Minister of Information Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf followed a simple code: when life hands you lemons, insist that, despite the heinous lies of the infidels, they are in fact lemonade. In a war that produced no Scud Stud, al-Sahhaf emerged as a strange sort of cult icon, appearing daily before a bank of microphones in Baghdad to bark, "There are no American infidels in Baghdad. Never!" and "Our initial assessment is that they will all die," and "God will roast their stomachs in hell at the hands of Iraqis." An Egyptian woman called al-Sahhaf "the only entertainment...
...before-aired personas in front of you, perfecting our act by the seat of our talk-show pants. But we all liked the attention. What immature actor doesn't? Of course Harrison might have been mature, but I barely noticed, being self-obsessed and 20; he, 34, was an icon right out of the solar chute. We giggled and ran from chasing fans and were amazed. Suddenly we went from being a carpenter, a TV actor and a movie star's kid to looking like three of the new "Fab Four"--George Lucas being John...
...concerned that al-Qaeda may be planning attacks on national monuments in the U.S. and trying to disrupt the economy. New York authorities and the FBI have been paying particular attention to securing the bridges into New York City's Manhattan island, especially the Brooklyn Bridge, which is an icon and a vital economic artery. At the same time, officials are anxious to see if al-Hawsawi's files reveal detailed records of al-Qaeda's finances...
...film met with positive reviews at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival, and the soundtrack is being released by ATO Records, headed by musical icon and South Africa native Dave Matthews...