Cliché corner   

"Andy Warhol raided the supermarket shelves for Campbell's mundane soup labels--those all-American icons of wholesome food." ( Tampa Tribune )

"MTV's delinquently idiotic Beavis and Butt-head have become, unfortunately, American icons." ( Houston Chronicle )

"The neon signs of downtown Las Vegas are one of those primary American icons everyone knows all over the world." ( Pittsburgh Post-Gazette )

"[Barbie] is an institution all on her own. This is a big American icon." ( San Francisco Examiner)

"In Kansas City, American icon Joe Montana strikes the pose that struck terror into the hearts of 49ers foes--and their fans--for years." ( St. Petersburg Times ) Cliché Daily Double!

"It is the one-year anniversary of the body-molding bra...a 10-day period set aside to celebrate a new American icon: the Wonderbra." ( Albany, New York, Times Union )

"Colin Powell's announcement that he would not enter the Republican primaries ends the speculation about the general-turned-American icon." ( Nashville Tennessean)