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Perhaps the disappearance of history’s icons from a depreciating currency isn’t a fatal blow to the canon of British culture.
The veteran performer expressed similar surprise about her “Weapons” character’s rapid rise to icon status in a recent episode of The Times’ Envelope podcast.
From Los Angeles Times
The annual in memoriam segment for recently passed icons will honor Robert Redford, who died in September, and Rob Reiner, who was murdered in December.
From Barron's
And then the amount of individuals that we have coming out of area, it’s also an opportunity to show a nod to a lot of the Bay Area cultures and icons that we have.”
From Los Angeles Times
"Denby pottery is a British icon, producing some of the world's finest ceramics," he said.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.