61.   The automatic top-loading washing machine quickly became an American icon, a fixture in tens of millions of households during the last half-century.

62.   The American icons were individuals struggling against all odds to make their own way.

63.   The cowboy is an American icon, and for many, a symbol for traditional values like hard work, discipline and integrity.

64.   The deeply lobed shell front carvings in this early secretary became the family trademark and, eventually, an American icon.

65.   The emphasis on the candy as an American icon is intentional, Kinsley said.

66.   The eccentric editor is up against an American icon.

67.   The Italian Bocelli will be penalized for usurping an American icon in a cheap bid for an award.

68.   The Life Magazine photographer recorded a celebration of spontaneity that has become an American icon for how wars should end.

69.   The man who would be online king calmly leans back into a hotel lobby sofa and politely explains how America Online became an American icon.

70.   The layer cake, an American icon, is in dire straits.