Word: sobriquets
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...shuffling plan of earlier this year, which sliced a mere 1% from federal spending and 5% from the deficit. Forbes isn't asking citizens to give up anything to solve a collective problem. He leaves that to rivals like Dole, whose more responsible approach earns them the Forbes sobriquet "dour sourpuss...
...leaders have avoided not only the real pain that might be suffered by the needy who are dependent on federal social programs, but the spectacle of a lot of government-run operations growing seedy while federal employees were off duty. West Point cadets, for example, will not earn the sobriquet "The Longhaired Grey Line" after all, now that their barbers are manning the chairs again. Keeping the West Point grounds decently manicured during the shutdown was not a problem, since a blanket of snow had covered the heights above the Hudson River...
...Rincon, Puerto Rico. From her cotton proto-jumpsuit fashioned for riveting Rosies during World War II to 1974's "Speed Suit"-a zipperless, buttonless dress that could be pulled on in seconds-Maxwell pioneered sportswear for women that was as comfortable as it was chic, earning herself the sobriquet "the American Chanel." Maxwell's sources of inspiration were marvelously eclectic: a 1935 visit with Albert Einstein was said to have prompted her to copy his tweed jacket and add two skirts, a pair of pants and an extra jacket to create her classic "Weekend Wardrobe...
...newly arrived U.S. troops. Once there, they could not resist the exhilarating urge to shout their joy at the imminent return of the man whose name could not be spoken and whose picture could not be displayed for the past three years. "Vive Titid!" they cried, invoking their affectionate sobriquet for exiled President Jean- Bertrand Aristide. "Down with Cedras!" Suddenly, two Haitian army officers appeared, dragging a skinny young man who was moaning pitifully. His face was bloody. His feet were bare. His pants had nearly been ripped...
BUZZ ALDRIN bravely wrote about his post-moonwalk nervous breakdown in a 1973 memoir, Return to Earth. He is head of Starcraft Enterprise, a California firm that promotes his ideas for reinvigorating the space program -- some of them outlandish enough to have earned him the sobriquet "the Nutty Professor" in the halls of his ex-employers at NASA...