Cliché corner
By
Suzan Revah
Suzan Revah is a former AJR associate editor.
Special "Off the Charts" Edition
"Gold's Gym, of course, is the famous mecca of bodybuilding that started in 1965 near famed Muscle Beach in Venice, California..." ( Madison, Wisconsin's Capital Times)
"..Chicago has taken a back seat to Memphis and Kansas City as a Midwestern barbecue mecca ." ( Chicago Tribune )
"..her recent discovery that Capitol Hill's Lincoln Park is a dog-walking mecca was welcome news to her." ( Roll Call )
"To the faithful, however, this big ditch [in Roswell, New Mexico, site of a supposed UFO crash] is a cross between Mecca and ground zero --the site of an almost mystical experience." ( Denver Post ) Cliché Corner Daily Double!
"Pisaniello said the female cops concentrated on two intersections near an industrial park that have long been a mecca for streetwalkers." ( New York Daily News )
"..Fort Lauderdale, a former mecca for college kids on spring break, is Florida's new crime capital." ( Reuters )
"..Wal-Mart's bid to become the online mecca for cyber shoppers is far from guaranteed." ( CNN )
"The Tupperware Corporation's world headquarters in Orlando is a mecca for customers who swear by the products." ( National Public Radio )
from more than 700 references in May,
excluding ones with the words Islam, pray,
Mohammed, pilgrimage and Saudi Arabia ###
| 
