Vossantos (Only Names of Individuals)

The following list is a manually tagged version of the list in the README file, striking out all false positives and all vossantos that don’t exhibit names of individuals (people, animals, fictitious characters) as sources or targets (but rather names of companies, cities, etc.).

Contingent decisions:

• striked out “the King/Queen of”/”the Satan of”/”the Emperor of”/”the Oracle of”/”the Shogun of”/”the Czar of”/”the Sultan of”/”the Buddha of” for not alluding to a specific person (but I did not strike “the Santa Claus of”/”the Midas of”/”the Godzilla of”/”the Pied Piper”/”the Energizer Bunny of”/”the Jupiter of”/”the Icarus of” – well, debatable)
• striked out groups of people (“the Wailers, the Beatles of reggae”, “the Three Musketeers”)
• what about animals? Morris the Cat and several horses were kept for the time being…

Examples

source: New York Times corpus 1987–2007

1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007

see also

1987

• *New South Wales*, the *Georgian equivalent* of *deep space* (1987/01/25/0007151)
• the *Giants*, the *New York Titans* of the *American Football League* (1987/01/28/0007820)
• Mr. Reagan fares far better, nicknamewise, than some other Presidents in the compendium, including one known as Gloomy Gus, King Richard, the Bela Lugosi of American Politics, Richard the Chicken-Hearted, the Nero of Our Times, the Tarnished President, the Godfather, St. Richard the Commie Killer, President Truthful and Trickie Dick. (1987/01/29/0008167)
• *Olivier Award*, the *English equivalent* of the *Tony Award* (1987/02/01/0009058)
• *George Romney*, the *Middle America sort* of *guy* (1987/03/15/0021513)
• the *Wireless Service*, the *German equivalent* of the *BBC* (1987/04/05/0027535)
• *Lone Mountain* is the *Club Med* of *dude ranches* (1987/05/24/0043648)
• *Algarve*, the *Riviera* of *Portugal* (1987/06/14/0048773)
• Anne Horner's husband was the great-grandson of *Sir John Horner*, the *Little Jack Horner* of the *nursery rhyme* (1987/06/24/0051512)
• Hiroshi Itsuki, the Frank Sinatra of Japan (1987/06/29/0052991)
• the *Cesars* - the *French equivalent* of *Oscars* (1987/07/03/0053848)
• the *Olivier Award* - the *British equivalent* of a *Tony* (1987/07/10/0055426)
• *Sassy*, the *United States version* of *Dolly* (1987/08/24/0068801)
• *Windsor* is the *Detroit* of *Canada* (1987/09/21/0076414)
• the *Wailers*, the *Beatles* of *reggae* (1987/09/27/0077678)
• Jeff Reardon, the Terminator of the Minnesota Twins (1987/10/17/0083602)
• Moses Malone is the Paul Newman of professional basketball (1987/11/14/0092773)
• *Dana Dane*, the *King* of *Rap*, (1987/11/26/0096606)
• *Laurence Olivier Award*, the *English equivalent* of the *Tony Award* (1987/12/22/0103798)

1988

• Mr. Pacepa is the Happy Hooker of the spy trade (1988/01/03/0106811)
• *Olivier Award*, the *English equivalent* of the *Tony* (1988/02/01/0114868)
• *Queen Victoria*, the *Great Satan* of the *time* (1988/02/03/0115425)
• David Leslie, the Evel Knievel of performance artists (1988/02/05/0116272)
• *Nahlas* - the *Slovak equivalent* of *glasnost* (1988/03/03/0124041)
• the *Young Pioneers* - the *Soviet equivalent* of the *Boy Scouts* (1988/03/21/0129426)
• *Smith*, the *Wizard* of *Ahs* (1988/04/02/0132691)
• If Mr. Moynihan is the Sherlock Holmes of the fiscal story, then Mr. Stockman is at once its Dr. Watson and its Moriarty. (1988/04/17/0136766)
• *Robert Stroud*, the *Birdman* of *Alcatraz* (1988/04/23/0138826)
• *Mr. John*, the *Emperor* of *Fashion* (1988/05/02/0141129)
• Gypsy Byrne, the Beau Brummel of Broadway (1988/05/29/0149355)
• Morris has been the Clark Cable of the catnip crowd (1988/05/29/0149364)
• Gainsborough is the Mozart of portraiture (1988/07/17/0162061)
• Hughes, the Mad Hatter of capitalism (1988/09/11/0178234)
• Eddie Shore, the Babe Ruth of hockey (1988/11/04/0194523)
• *Sax* dressed alongside *Kirk Gibson* and *Mickey Hatcher*, the *Three Musketeers* of *Hyperactivity* (1988/11/27/0201849)
• Guzman is regarded as “the Stalin of Patchogue, the Idi Amin of Long Island” (1988/12/06/0204254)

1989

• *Ace Nelson*, the *Oracle* of *Survay* (1989/01/09/0212675)
• *California* is the *State* of *Champions* (1989/01/24/0217109)
• *Europcar*, the *European counterpart* of *National Car Rental* (1989/03/05/0228921)
• *Late 18th Century*, the *Age* of *Reason* (1989/03/10/0230298)
• *Banter* is the *Ping-Pong* of *debate* (1989/04/30/0245628)
• *Kips Bay* is the *Academy Awards* of *interior design* (1989/05/21/0251994)
• Barnum - the Michelangelo of buncombe, hokum, hoopla and ballyhoo (1989/06/06/0256423)
• Early Wright, the Chaucer of the Mississippi Delta (1989/06/28/0262085)
• *Milton Friedman*, the *American apostle* of *free-market economics* (1989/07/12/0265229)
• *Sturm, Ruger* is the *Benedict Arnold* of the *gun industry* (1989/07/14/0265756)
• the New Orleans chef Paul Prudhomme, the Louis Armstrong of jambalaya, crawfish pie and file gumbo (1989/08/17/0276060)
• *Colombia* is the *South Korea* of *flower exporters* (1989/09/20/0284628)
• *Raj Path*, the *Champs-Elysees* of *Delhi* (1989/10/01/0287183)
• Heiner Goebbels, the John Zorn of West Germany (1989/11/10/0299484)
• Romeo Gigli, the Pavarotti of embroidery (1989/11/12/0299980)
• the *Design Museum* is the *Louvre* of *industrial design* (1989/11/19/0302179)
• Dr. Oswaldo Cruz, the Walter Reed of Brazil (1989/11/26/0304421)
• *Clios*, the *Oscars* of *advertising* (1989/11/27/0304652)
• She told on me to Him, *Himself*, the *Bestower* of *All Toys* (1989/12/24/0311534)
• the *House of the Republic*, the *Staircase* of *Honor* (1989/12/31/0313389)

1990

• the *remarkable enclosed indoor Housewives' Market*, the *Halles* of *soul food* (1990/01/07/0314867)
• Mr. Gorbachev, the Houdini of politicians (1990/02/05/0323616)
• Clive Barker is the Paul McCartney of horror fiction (1990/02/11/0325668)
• *Sadaharu Oh*, the *Shogun* of *Swat* (1990/02/19/0328100)
• *Waterman*, the *Rolls-Royce* of *pens* acquired in 1987, and *Papermate*, the *Chevrolet* of *pens* (1990/02/25/0329728)
• *Chardonnay* is the *Budweiser* of *white wines* (1990/03/28/0338654)
• Don Zimmer, the Merlin of the Chicago Cubs (1990/04/18/0344773)
• Robert Tappan Morris is the Oliver North of computer abuse (1990/05/08/0351502)
• The *Public Media Center* is the *Ralph Nader* of *agencies* (1990/05/21/0355271)
• Sam Llewellyn, the Dick Francis of sailing (1990/06/10/0360283)
• Oscar D’Leon, the James Brown of salsa (1990/06/29/0364544)
• Oscar, the Larry Bird of Brazil (1990/07/29/0372556)
• *Broadway* is the *Rolls-Royce* of *all theatrical experiences* (1990/08/24/0379112)
• *Olivier Award*, the *British equivalent* of the *Tony* (1990/09/06/0382052)
• Roscoe Tanner, the Nolan Ryan of tennis (1990/09/07/0382279)
• If *Wrigley* is the *Faneuil Hall Marketplace* of *ball parks*, *Comiskey* is *Paddy's Market*. (1990/09/30/0387487)
• Calvin Trillin is the Buster Keaton of performance humorists (1990/10/15/0392151)
• Charles Oakley, the Charles Atlas of forwards (1990/11/06/0398601)
• the *Grey Cup*, the *Canadian equivalent* of the *Super Bowl* (1990/11/25/0403957)
• "*New York State* is the *Cadillac* of *social services*," Mr. Alfonso said. "*Other states* have *Volkswagens*." (1990/11/26/0404144)
• If *Toys "R" Us* is the *Gulliver* of *toy sellers*, then *Nintendo* is the *Godzilla of toys* (1990/12/06/0406527)
• *Delta Pride*, the *General Motors* of *catfish processing factories* (1990/12/10/0407519)
• *Stephanie Wood*, the *Witch* of the *Ruby* (1990/12/16/0409087)
• *Mean Mike*, the *Scourge* of the *Tube* (1990/12/30/0411874)

1991

• George Foreman, the Santa Claus of sports (1991/01/01/0412333)
• "*New York* is the *Cadillac* of *welfare states*," he said. "We can't afford it anymore. What we need is *Chevys* and *Fords* in this state." (1991/01/31/0419226)
• *Gillian Anderson* is the *Pauper* of *professional experience*, *Brenda Blethyn* is the *Princess* (1991/02/20/0424794)
• *Hasselblad*, the *Mercedes-Benz* of *camera makers* (1991/03/10/0428959)
• If the *American Budweiser* is the *King of Beers*, what does that make the *Czech Budweiser*? Why, none other than the *Beer* of *Kings*, if negotiations between the two brewers succeed. (1991/03/10/0429088)
• *Tiramisu*, the *New Queen* of *Italian Desserts* (1991/03/13/0429693)
• Willard Espy, the Valentino of word lovers (1991/03/24/0432396)
• A *bagel's* the *Shakespeare*, the *Tolstoy* of *flour* (1991/03/27/0433213)
• Jack Viertel, the Clark Kent of Broadway (1991/04/12/0436865)
• Francie Larrieu-Smith, the Nolan Ryan of distance running (1991/06/13/0452266)
• *Pepsi* is the *Nike* of *soft drinks* (1991/08/14/0466928)
• Claudette Colbert, the Grover Cleveland of Blackglama (1991/09/30/0477414)
• Lady Caroline Wrey, otherwise known as Lady Velcro, the Barbara Woodhouse of windows (1991/10/24/0482422)
• Michael R. Milken, the Midas of Drexel Burnham Lambert (1991/10/28/0483283)
• Gay Byrne, the Johnny Carson of Ireland (1991/11/13/0486648)
• *Eclipse Awards*, the *Oscars* of the *thoroughbred business* (1991/11/16/0487236)
• *Winnipeg* is the *Green Bay* of *Canada* (1991/11/25/0489598)
• *Seattle*, the *American mecca* of *waste reduction* (1991/12/12/0493523)
• teaming *Tampa Bay with the Bears*, the *Velcro* of *ratings* (1991/12/13/0493699)
• *Getty Square* is the *Ellis Island* of *Westchester County* (1991/12/22/0495500)

1992

• *Luis Cisneros*, better known to colleagues as *Sandra*, the *Queen* of the *Bois* (1992/01/11/0499353)
• the *Islanders*, the *Boys* of *Winter* (1992/01/24/0502719)
• Forget the Yankees of Reggie, the Giants of Taylor, the Mets of Carter and Hernandez, even the Knicks of Reed and DeBusschere. The Islanders won like the old, old New York Yankees and they charmed like the old, old Brooklyn Dodgers (1992/03/04/0511581)
• *Vaz Auto Works*, the *General Motors* of *Russia* (1992/03/08/0512599)
• *Japan*, the *Everest* of *export markets* (1992/05/01/0524977)
• But if Jordan is the Chuck Yeager of basketball, Julius Erving was its Charles Lindbergh and Connie Hawkins was its Wright Brothers. (1992/05/07/0526474)
• *Schonbrunn Castle*, the *Versailles* of the *Hapsburgs* (1992/05/17/0529196)
• “Country Joe” McDonald, the Francis Scott Key of the Vietnam (1992/05/29/0532182)
• Jill Krementz is the Mister Rogers of photography (1992/06/14/0536024)
• *Mount Meru*, the *Olympus* of the *Hindu gods* (1992/06/21/0537615)
• Nick Cave is the Elvis of punk (1992/08/03/0547319)
• Branch Rickey, the Mahatma of Montague Street (1992/08/09/0549016)
• John McEnroe, the Picasso of players (1992/09/03/0554215)
• *Todt Hill* is the *Beverly Hills* of the *island* (1992/09/13/0556197)
• Pat Riley, the Dale Carnegie of coaches (1992/09/23/0558269)
• Jack Morris, the Mr. October of pitchers (1992/10/17/0563655)
• Mike Wallace, the Godzilla of the tube (1992/10/26/0565903)
• *Albert*, the *Czar* of *Sportscast Shtick* (1992/11/06/0568322)
• *Marks & Spencer* is the *British version* of *Wal-Mart* (1992/11/09/0569053)
• Barbara Ehrenreich, the Pat Buchanan of radical feminism (1992/11/15/0570584)
• *F.A.O. Schwarz*, the *Bentley* of *toy stores* (1992/11/19/0571526)
• *Paul*, the *Paul Morel* of *endless exegeses* (1992/11/29/0573468)
• Jean-Claude Gallotta, the Mark Morris of France (1992/12/14/0576566)
• Gregory Hines is the Pied Piper of modern tap (1992/12/25/0578860)

1993

• The *Sig Sauer* is the *Rolex* of *guns* today (1993/01/03/0580645)
• *Brad Dalgarno*, the *Old Dude* of the *Kid Line* (1993/01/27/0586154)
• *Boxing* is the *Wild West* of *sports* (1993/02/06/0588384)
• Superintendent Martin Beck, the Scandinavian equivalent of Sherlock Holmes (1993/02/21/0591703)
• Franco Moschino is the Weird Al Yankovic of fashion (1993/03/11/0595373)
• Jack B. Solerwitz is the Babe Ruth of ripoffs (1993/03/19/0596753)
• *Denmark* is the *Hong Kong* of *Europe* (1993/04/01/0599397)
• If Woo is the Bill Clinton of the race, then Riordan is the Ross Perot (1993/04/18/0602876)
• *National Magazine Award*, the *Oscar* of the *magazine industry* (1993/04/26/0604930)
• *Monoprix*, the *French equivalent* of *Kmart* (1993/04/27/0605068)
• Peter Sellars, the Bart Simpson of multicultural politics (1993/05/02/0605816)
• Dr. John Harvey Kellogg, the Edison of clean living (1993/05/02/0605847)
• *Peter Partle*, the *Brown stroke* of the *second varsity* (1993/05/02/0605963)
• *Pittsburgh's Mario Lemieux*, the *Marquis* of *Marquees* (1993/05/04/0606594)
• Andrea Dworkin, the Pat Robertson of feminism (1993/05/05/0606897)
• Scott Sanderson is the Rodney Dangerfield of baseball (1993/05/09/0607593)
• Louis V. Gerstner is the Jack Welch of the computer industry (1993/05/27/0611510)
• Ross Perot is the San Diego Chicken of politics (1993/06/25/0617492)
• our 1 1/2-year-old son Jake, the Houdini of shoelaces (1993/06/27/0617938)
• Whitney Lynch is the Liz Smith of the Sagaponack Store (1993/07/11/0620690)
• *Ludwig*, the *Mad King* of *Bavaria* (1993/07/14/0621506)
• *Ocean Beach*, the *Levittown* of *shore resorts* (1993/07/15/0621583)
• *Murray Hill* is the *Everest* of *Manhattan* (1993/08/15/0628714)
• Sea Hero is the Bobo Holloman of racing (1993/08/18/0629471)
• If Klensch is the Cronkite of the rag trade, Crawford is a game, albeit hipper, Kathie Lee (1993/10/24/0644390)
• *Christopher (Mad Dog) Russo*, the *Czar* of *Mystification* (1993/11/30/0653147)
• *Aerosmith*, the *Dorian Gray* of *rock bands* (1993/12/10/0654992)
• *Starbucks Coffee*, the *General Motors* of *espresso* (1993/12/22/0657572)

1994

• Marv Levy, the Lionel Trilling of coaches (1994/01/28/0665094)
• *Sweden*, the *Rangers* of *international hockey* (1994/02/12/0668308)
• *Tourte*, the *Stradivarius* of *bows* (1994/02/20/0670039)
• Phil Liggett, the Ben Wright of the snow (1994/02/21/0670187)
• *Ariels*, the *Mexican equivalent* of *Oscars* (1994/03/20/0675424)
• *Canal Plus*, the *HBO* of *France* (1994/03/27/0676813)
• the *Performer*, the *British equivalent* of *Variety* (1994/04/24/0682538)
• Frazier is the Bill Stern of basketball analysis (1994/05/10/0686448)
• Leslie Abramson, the Bette Midler of the criminal courtroom (1994/05/24/0689343)
• Robert B. Reich, the Pied Piper of high performance (1994/06/05/0691688)
• Howard Golden is the Marcel Marceau of city politics (1994/06/05/0691809)
• Vernon Maxwell, the Mad Max of the National Basketball Association (1994/06/08/0692270)
• If Vanilla Ice is the Pat Boone of hip-hop, watering down a vibrant black musical form to make it appeal to a generic pop audience, then G. Love is its Elvis Presley. (1994/06/20/0694707)
• Russell Cera, the Pied Piper of education (1994/07/03/0697153)
• Romario is the Michael Jordan of soccer and Bebeto is the Magic Johnson of soccer (1994/07/05/0697643)
• *MediCal*, the *California version* of *Medicaid* (1994/07/11/0698715)
• Dan Marino, the Lou Gehrig of quarterbacks (1994/08/04/0704092)
• Tom Scott, the Rush Limbaugh of state politics (1994/08/08/0704950)
• *Gosatomnadzor or GAN*, the *Russian equivalent* of the *Nuclear Regulatory Commission* (1994/08/19/0707174)
• *James Vacca*, the *King* of *Clean* (1994/08/21/0707596)
• Alan King, the Spike Lee of tennis (1994/09/10/0711111)
• Jean-Claude Van Damme, the Energizer Bunny of action stars (1994/09/11/0711230)
• *Martin Margiela*, the *Belgian godfather* of *deconstructionism* (1994/09/11/0711455)
• Gary Bettman, the Brendan Suhr of sports commissioners (1994/10/30/0721907)
• *Prodigy* is the *Sears* of *cyberspace* (1994/11/01/0722202)
• *Socks* is the *First Feline* of *cyberspace* (1994/11/02/0722400)
• *Gres* is the *Bosnia* of *couture* (1994/12/14/0731085)
• *Hillary*, the *Queen* of *Cups*, is going to go to bat for *Bill*, the *King* of *Wands* (1994/12/25/0733168)

1995

• Rush Limbaugh, the Babe Ruth of the talk-show circuit (1995/01/05/0735173)
• *Mr. Lovano* is the *General Motors* of *jazz* (1995/01/15/0736903)
• *La Villa*, the *Village Vanguard* of *Paris* (1995/01/15/0736911)
• *Al Hrabosky*, the *Mad Hungarian* of a *relief pitcher* (1995/02/26/0745507)
• *Michael Jordan* is the *God* of *Chicago* (1995/03/12/0748227)
• *Buran*, the *Russian version* of the *space shuttle* (1995/03/21/0750052)
• Tyson, the Frankenstein monster of aggression (1995/04/02/0752494)
• *New York* is the *Gomorrah* of the *New World* (1995/04/09/0753967)
• the *Edgars*, the *Oscars* of the *mystery world* (1995/04/26/0758106)
• *Fairfax*, the *Los Angeles equivalent* of the *Lower East Side* (1995/05/11/0761719)
• Vijay Singh, the James Brown of golf (1995/05/22/0764316)
• Eric Lindros, the Lindbergh of Flyers (1995/05/27/0765089)
• *Barry Goldwater*, the *Wizard* of *Edge* (1995/06/30/0772071)
• *Bolt Beranek & Newman* has been the *Forrest Gump* of *high technology* (1995/07/17/0775481)
• *Joni Mitchell, Judy Collins and Joan Baez*, the *Three Graces* of the *folk movement* (1995/07/30/0778740)
• *Graceland Too* is sometimes called the *Smithsonian Institute* of *Elvis* (1995/08/05/0780317)
• *Joe Sparks* might very well end up being the *Dali, the Truffaut, the Coppola* of *this industry* (1995/08/06/0780580)
• *Bloodgood H. Cutter*, the *Laureate* of *Little Neck* (1995/08/11/0781686)
• *Albert Collins*, the *Iceman* of *blues* (1995/08/20/0783539)
• *Glandore*, the *Cannes* of *West Cork* (1995/08/20/0783604)
• Ethel Merman, the Birgit Nilsson of Broadway (1995/09/24/0790824)
• *Sarajevo* is the *Jerusalem* of the *whole equation* (1995/09/28/0791516)
• Phil Gramm is the Darth Vader of negative politics (1995/11/14/0808902)
• *Riley*, the *King* of *Heat* (1995/11/25/0811302)
• *Babe Ruth*, the *Sultan* of *Swat* (1995/11/27/0811882)
• Orion Samuelson, the Walter Cronkite of farm broadcasting (1995/12/18/0816853)

1996

• Ann Landers, the Oprah Winfrey of newspapers, (1996/01/17/0823245)
• Cherry, the Rush Limbaugh of hockey commentary (1996/01/21/0824224)
• the *Presidency of the United States* is the *Holy Grail* of *world politics* (1996/01/21/0824276)
• Robert Redford, the Thomas Jefferson of Sundance (1996/01/24/0825044)
• Lee Koppelman is the Robert Moses of Long Island (1996/02/04/0827620)
• Peyton is the Tanya Harding of the plot (1996/02/10/0828923)
• Bob Dole is the Mozart of resentment (1996/02/11/0829501)
• Bennett S. LeBow, the Niccolo Machiavelli of the foxy deal (1996/03/14/0836529)
• Julian Luna, the Michael Corleone of vampires (1996/04/02/0840971)
• *Aretha Franklin*, the *Queen* of *Soul* (1996/05/02/0847754)
• “Some people say Claire Shulman is the Golda Meir of Queens. […] I say Golda Meir was the Claire Shulman of Israel.” (1996/05/21/0852275)
• the *British Navy*, the *NASA* of the *19th century* (1996/05/26/0853082)
• *New Jersey*, the *Charlie Brown* of *franchises* (1996/05/26/0853475)
• If *Kentucky* is the *Roman Empire* of *college basketball*, the *Nets' franchise* is the *Roamin' Empire* of *pro basketball*. (1996/05/31/0854362)
• William H. Reynolds, the Robert Moses of Long Beach (1996/06/13/0857512)
• the *Hudson* has been the *John Barrymore* of *rivers* (1996/07/05/0862461)
• *Dukes Stadium* is the *Coors Field* of the *minor leagues* (1996/07/08/0863204)
• Frank Thomas is the Thomas Jefferson of baseball (1996/07/09/0863379)
• Bob Dornan, the Zhirinovsky of the race (1996/07/14/0864251)
• *St. Petersburg* has been called the *Venice* of *Russia* (1996/07/28/0867647)
• Michael J. Deaver, the Michelangelo of the balloon drop (1996/08/13/0871265)
• *Samuel Barber*, the *Pioneer* of the *American Symphony* (1996/09/22/0878602)
• Wei Jingsheng, the Sakharov of China (1996/12/09/0894541)
• John Rabe is the Oskar Schindler of China (1996/12/12/0895003)

1997

• Thomas Eisner, the St. Francis of bugs (1997/01/12/0900997)
• Shaka, the Attila of Zululand (1997/01/18/0902375)
• *Albert Belle*, the *Bad Boy* of *Baseball*, (1997/02/10/0908025)
• *Macco*, the *Calabrian version* of the *dish* (1997/02/14/0908831)
• *James Brown*, the *Godfather* of *Soul* (1997/02/27/0911924)
• the *Walt Disney Company* is the *Great Satan* of *this jeremiad* (1997/04/06/0920680)
• William Michael Murphy Jr, the Don Quixote of this political season (1997/04/06/0920859)
• Howard Stern, the Rodman of radio (1997/05/11/0929079)
• *Viktor Dysenko*, the *Russian king* of *pulp* (1997/05/14/0929759)
• *Hulton Deutsch*, the *European equivalent* of the *Bettman Archive* (1997/05/18/0930910)
• *Amado Carrillo Fuentes*, the *Lord* of the *Skies* (1997/05/24/0932060)
• the *Kentucky Derby* is the *Wimbledon* of *horse racing* (1997/06/07/0935255)
• *Momo*, the *God* of *Bad-mouthing* (1997/06/14/0936821)
• *Bangalore*, India, the *Silicon Valley* of *South Asia* (1997/06/19/0938068)
• *Steve Pavia*, the *Wunderkind* of the *group* (1997/08/03/0948146)
• Wayne and Mess, the Young Guns of Edmonton (1997/08/03/0948269)
• Luis Sojo, the Mariano Duncan of this year (1997/08/12/0950144)
• *Rutherford* is the *St. Julien* of the *valley*, and *Stag's Leap* is the *Pauillac* (1997/08/27/0953268)
• the *Inland Revenue*, the *British equivalent* of the *Internal Revenue Service* (1997/09/06/0955411)
• *Business Review Weekly*, the *Australian equivalent* of *Business Week* (1997/09/13/0957036)
• David H. Murdock, the Californian chairman and chief executive of Castle & Cook Homes and the Dole Food Company, the Kubla Khan of Lanai (1997/09/14/0957263)
• *Willoughby* is sometimes called the *Lake Lucerne* of *North America* (1997/09/21/0959002)
• Ehud Olmert, the Marion Barry of Jerusalem (1997/09/22/0959661)
• *Muchmusic*, the *Canadian equivalent* of *MTV* (1997/09/28/0960868)
• George Foreman, the Hamlet of heavyweights (1997/10/09/0963817)
• *Newark*, the *Portuguese* of the *Ironbound* (1997/10/15/0965290)
• Charles Barkley, the Einstein of the Houston Rockets (1997/10/29/0968855)
• *Helen Carey*, the *Bernarda* of the *occasion* (1997/11/02/0969846)
• the *Tax Administration Service*, the *Mexican equivalent* of the *Internal Revenue Service* (1997/11/10/0972063)
• *Ceske Budejovice*, the *Budweis* of *fermented renown* (1997/11/16/0973264)
• *Michigan Avenue*, the *Champs-Elysees* of *Chicago* (1997/11/17/0973781)
• Carl Rogers, the Pied Piper of “self-actualization” (1997/12/18/0981253)
• *Sheinkin Street*, the *Greenwich Village* of *Tel Aviv* (1997/12/21/0981906)
• *Voluntary Service Overseas*, the *British version* of the *Peace Corps* (1997/12/21/0981913)
• *Bill Parcells*, the *Bully Boy* of *East Rutherford* (1997/12/31/0984257)

1998

• *Latin*, the *European language* of *learning* (1998/01/03/0984739)
• *Lovely Lane Methodist Church*, the *Mother Church* of *American Methodism* (1998/01/09/0986279)
• Benjamin Netanyahu is the Ronald Reagan of Israel (1998/01/20/0989013)
• Zulu King Shaka, the Genghis Khan of Africa (1998/02/05/0993081)
• *Eurosport*, the *European equivalent* of *ESPN* (1998/02/23/0997564)
• the *Palm Pilot* is the *Volkswagen Bug* of the *handheld universe* (1998/02/26/0998073)
• Parappa is the Will Smith of video game characters (1998/03/12/1001407)
• *Beatrice Wood*, the *Mama* of *Dada* (1998/03/14/1001941)
• *Kenneth Starr*, the *Sultan* of the *Subpoena* (1998/03/20/1003494)
• *Frank Pembleton*, the *Lord* of the *Box* (1998/03/29/1005941)
• Adam Graves, the Billy Budd of hockey (1998/04/05/1007678)
• *National Collegiate Athletic Association*, the *Kenneth Starr* of *sports* (1998/04/05/1007678)
• Dick French Jr. is the Ted Turner of the Hudson Valley (1998/04/26/1012685)
• the *National Magazine Awards*, the *Oscars* of the *magazine business* (1998/04/30/1013491)
• *Paul Hornung*, the *Golden Boy* of *Louisville, Notre Dame and the Green Bay Packers* (1998/05/02/1013946)
• *U.S. Steel*, the *Microsoft* of *the day* (1998/05/24/1019485)
• Jordan, the Seinfeld of sports (1998/05/29/1020525)
• the *former Kiva Shliuger*, performs regularly as a fire-eater known as Combustible Kiva, the *Queen* of *Kerosene* (1998/06/07/1022995)
• Ozzy Osbourne, the Grandpa Munster of hard rock (1998/07/06/1029895)
• the *Appalachian Trail* marching grandly from Georgia to Maine, the *Holy Grail* of *thousands of hikers* (1998/07/10/1030659)
• Robert Thurman has been called the Billy Graham of Buddhism (1998/07/12/1031036)
• Edward Rogoff, the Don Quixote of cab riders (1998/07/12/1031070)
• Lauritz Melchior, the Tristan of the century (1998/08/03/1036513)
• Ramiro Mendoza is the Calvin Coolidge of the Yankees (1998/08/04/1036769)
• *Colombia*, the *Fort Knox* of *ransom proceeds* (1998/08/09/1037554)
• *Peaches and Herb*, the *First Couple* of *soul* (1998/08/09/1037632)
• *University of California at Davis*, the *American mecca* of *viniculture education* (1998/08/15/1039075)
• *Dainty June*, the *Darling* of *Vaudeville* (1998/08/16/1039368)
• *Amazon* is the *Microsoft* of *E-commerce* (1998/10/08/1052407)
• *NHK*, the *BBC* of *Japan* (1998/10/11/1053265)
• Lynette Jennings, the Ted Koppel of life style (1998/10/29/1057739)
• Bonfire, the Michael Jordan of dressage horses (1998/11/05/1059693)
• Sally Timms, the Lauren Bacall of underground rock (1998/11/06/1059917)
• Philip Gossett, the Boswell of bel canto (1998/11/08/1060341)
• *Sushiko* is the *DMZ* of *Hollywood*, the *38th parallel* (1998/11/15/1062145)
• *Cordoba*, the *Omaha* of *Argentina* (1998/11/22/1063995)
• Sumitra, the Pamela Harriman of post-independence New Delhi (1998/11/29/1066024)
• Brian Foster, the Michael Jordan of BMX racing (1998/12/27/1072824)

1999

• the *Estee Lauder Companies*, the *General Motors* of the *cosmetics world* (1999/01/10/1075990)
• *Shimano of Japan*, the *Microsoft* of *bicycle-part makers* (1999/03/11/1091448)
• Peter Eisenman of New York is the Gertrude Stein of contemporary architecture (1999/03/14/1092170)
• Tito Nieves is called the Pavarotti of salsa (1999/03/26/1095206)
• *Special Unit Corps*, the *Yugoslav equivalent* of the *American Special Forces* (1999/04/01/1096836)
• the *Masters*, the "*cathedral* of *golf*" (1999/04/11/1099455)
• If Wynton Marsalis is the Steven Spielberg of the jazz scene, the alto saxophonist Steve Coleman has a strong claim to being its Stanley Kubrick. (1999/05/02/1104452)
• *Take That*, the *British version* of the *Backstreet Boys* (1999/05/10/1106572)
• *Queens*, the *Rodney Dangerfield* of *boroughs* (1999/05/15/1107670)
• *Zind-Humbrecht* in Alsace is the *Rembrandt* of *the field* (1999/05/23/1109543)
• If Nelson Mandela is the George Washington of this new democracy, the kind of giant among men who turns down offers to be king, then Mr. Mbeki is its John Adams. (1999/06/04/1112428)
• *Russel Wright*, the *American pioneer* of *modern product design* (1999/06/05/1112688)
• When the bassist *Harry Goodman* began his own swing band in the 1940's, posters billed him as the brother of *Benny Goodman*, the *King* of *Swing*. (Perhaps he could have been the *Duke* of *Swing*, if it weren't for Ellington.) (1999/06/06/1113206)
• *Sephora*, the *Home Depot* of *cosmetics* (1999/06/13/1114685)
• *Roy Lancaster*, the *English dean* of *plant explorers* (1999/06/20/1116753)
• *James Brown*, *Godfather* of *soul music* (1999/06/27/1119059)
• *Central Service of Information*, the *Greek equivalent* of the *Central Intelligence Agency* (1999/06/28/1119302)
• Colin Cowie, the Austin Powers of party planners (1999/07/11/1122619)
• *Raymond Chandler*, the *Anglo master* of *crime fiction* (1999/07/13/1123045)
• *Canada* is the *Death Star* of *cultural fortifications* (1999/07/14/1123261)
• Charles Atlas has been called the Horatio Alger of the human body (1999/07/20/1124759)
• *Kateri Tekakwitha*, the *Lily* of the *Mohawks* (1999/08/06/1128586)
• *Victoria Falls*, the *Niagara* of *Africa* (1999/08/06/1128621)
• *Savannah*, the *Central Park* of the capital, *Port of Spain* (1999/08/11/1129887)
• the *R. G. Dun & Company Collection* at Harvard University is the *Holy Grail* of *business history* (1999/08/21/1132019)
• *Notre Dame* is the *Vatican* of *college football* (1999/08/29/1134218)
• *Hsinchu Science Park*, *Silicon Valley* of *Taiwan* (1999/09/22/1139658)
• Don Zimmer, the Yoda of bench coaches (1999/10/01/1141878)
• Tom Ze, the Tristan Tzara of Brazilian Tropicalia (1999/10/03/1142247)
• *Juno Awards*, the *Canadian equivalent* of the *Grammys* (1999/10/17/1146042)
• F. M. Cornog is the Brian Wilson of home recording (1999/10/24/1147595)
• George W. Bush, the Robert Frost of political name recognition (1999/11/12/1152666)
• Keith Jarrett, the Proust of jazz (1999/11/28/1156627)
• Madeleine Albright is the Bruce Springsteen of foreign affairs (1999/12/11/1159942)
• *Alan Greenspan* is the *Master* of the *Universe* (1999/12/19/1162227)

2000

• *Software* is the *DNA* of the *high-technology age* (2000/01/01/1165197)
• Virginia Gonzalez is the Dorothea Dix of Mexico (2000/01/16/1168831)
• Lorne Michaels, the Flo Ziegfeld of sketch comedy (2000/02/06/1174188)
• *Much Music* is the *Canadian version* of *MTV* (2000/02/06/1174454)
• *Superman*, the *Man* of *Steel* (2000/02/17/1177036)
• Mark Gonzales is the Nureyev of professional skateboarding (2000/02/18/1177283)
• the *Company of Friends* is the *Grateful Dead* of the *New Economy* (2000/03/05/1181263)
• *El Camino Real*, the *Champs-Elysees* of the *new economy* (2000/03/10/1182787)
• Vince McMahon is the Willie Wonka of pro wrestling (2000/03/17/1184459)
• Larry, the Marvin Miller of hoops (2000/04/02/1188826)
• *Yoshinori Watanabe*, the *Japanese godfather* of the *yakuza* (2000/04/02/1188831)
• *James Brown*, the *Godfather* of *Soul* (2000/04/13/1191452)
• *Kakavia*, the *Greek version* of *bouillabaisse* (2000/04/19/1193000)
• *Pomerol* is sometimes called the *Burgundy* of *Bordeaux* (2000/04/19/1193019)
• Willis Haviland Carrier, the Bill Gates of the air conditioner (2000/05/01/1196085)
• Miss Loveydear, the Mae West of dragonflies (2000/05/12/1198733)
• If *Houston's cozy new Enron Field* is the *Rhode Island* of *ballparks*, then *Comerica Park* is *Alaska* (2000/05/14/1199574)
• *Brighton Beach* is the *Russian bazaar* of *America* (2000/05/21/1201255)
• *Olivier Awards*, the *London equivalent* of the *Tony Awards* (2000/07/05/1212567)
• the *Bronx*, the *Riviera* of *New York City* (2000/07/09/1213712)
• Gertrude Jekyll is the Elvis of the gardening world (2000/07/23/1217052)
• Call her the *Princess* of *Patina*, the *Queen* of *Faux* (2000/07/30/1218802)
• the *Temple Mount*, the *Holy* of *Holies* (2000/08/03/1219686)
• Steve Earle, the Ralph Nader of country music (2000/08/10/1221400)
• The stunt biker Dave Mirra, the Michael Jordan of the dirt set (2000/08/13/1222322)
• *Los Angeles* is the *Ellis Island* of the *west* (2000/08/13/1222376)
• *Cafe Riche* is the *Deux Magots* of *Cairo* (2000/08/20/1223752)
• Cynthia Cooper is the Michael Jordan, the Larry Bird, the Magic Johnson of this league (2000/08/28/1226010)
• *Harris* has been called the *Queen* of *Country Music*, the *Angel* of *This*, the *Sweetheart* of *That* (2000/09/03/1227433)
• *Biennale International des Antiquaries* in Paris, *Super Bowl* of *antique fairs* (2000/09/08/1228700)
• Barbara Gulotta, the Martha Stewart of school lunches (2000/09/20/1232150)
• the *Whitbury New Town Leisure Center*, the *English equivalent* of a *health club* (2000/10/20/1240169)
• *Leo Rosten*, the *Oys* of *Yiddish* (2000/10/22/1240954)
• Jim Fassel, the Mister Rogers of football coaches (2000/11/23/1249646)
• *Lord's Cricket Ground*, the *Yankee Stadium* of the *sport* (2000/12/07/1253266)
• Alex Acuna, the Tiger Woods of percussionists (2000/12/31/1259140)

2001

• *Youngman* is the *King* of *One Liners* (2001/01/07/1260710)
• McNabb has been called the Michael Jordan of the National Football League (2001/01/08/1261308)
• *Palm Springs* is the *Hamptons* of *Los Angeles* (2001/01/14/1262501)
• *Las Vegas* is the *Detroit* of the *New Century* (2001/01/26/1265880)
• *Matsumoto Store*, the *Holy Grail* of *shave ice* (2001/02/07/1268937)
• *Bing Crosby*, the *Unsung King* of *Song* (2001/02/11/1269897)
• *Arquitectonica* is the *Ricky Martin* of *contemporary architecture* (2001/03/05/1275643)
• Peggy Spina is the Brenda Blethyn of tap (2001/03/13/1277631)
• William Woys Weaver is the Julia Child of long-lost vegetables (2001/03/15/1277939)
• *Celia Cruz*, the *Queen* of *Salsa* (2001/03/16/1278191)
• *Sablefish* is the *Cinderella* of the *seafood world* (2001/05/16/1293714)
• Tobias Meyer is the James Bond of the art market (2001/05/20/1294977)
• *Orbitz* is the *Standard Oil* of *online travel* (2001/05/27/1296569)
• Louis R. Cappelli has been called the Donald Trump of Westchester (2001/05/27/1296686)
• cartoon villain Dirty Dee is the Pigpen of macks (2001/06/29/1305441)
• Dr. Alex, the Freud of the Cocktail Hour (2001/07/08/1307710)
• the *Dandelion Capital* of the *World* (also known as *Vineland, N.J.*) and the *Fire Hydrant Capital* of the *World* (*Albertville, Ala.*, of course) (2001/07/12/1308610)
• *Crawford*, the *Deer Capital* of *Nebraska*, or *Llano*, the *Deer Capital* of *Texas* (2001/07/12/1308610)
• Rebecca Wisocky, the Sandra Bernhard of dance (2001/07/17/1309968)
• Jennie, the Energizer Bunny of bile (2001/08/05/1314596)
• Aaron Carter is the Jimmy Osmond of today (2001/08/17/1317787)
• Leslie Carter is apparently the new Marie Osmond (2001/08/17/1317787)
• Jack Welch is the Ronald Reagan of the world of business (2001/09/14/1324812)
• *Long Island*, the *Siberia* of *hockey* (2001/09/22/1327006)
• the Mighty Mose, the Paul Bunyan of New York (2001/11/04/1339907)
• *Ogallala*, the *Cowboy Capital* of *Nebraska* (2001/11/10/1341592)
• Ken Kesey, the Pied Piper of the psychedelic era (2001/11/11/1342116)
• *Pepe Sanseli* is considered nothing less than the *Signore* of the *Sideburn*, the *Maestro* of the *Mustache*, *Herr Hair* (2001/11/25/1345804)
• *America* is the *Mecca* of that *ideology* (2001/11/27/1346329)
• *Rose Fairy*, the *Dew Drop* of *other productions* (2001/12/25/1354208)

2002

• Strauss, the Jupiter of the composer gods (2002/01/06/1357042)
• *the North American International Auto Show*, the *Cannes Film Festival* of the *auto industry* (2002/01/06/1357245)
• *today's National Enquirer* is the *Las Vegas* of *journalism* (2002/01/13/1359135)
• *Dedinje*, the *Beverly Hills* of *Belgrade* (2002/01/20/1360689)
• Girish, the Balanchine of editors (2002/01/20/1360716)
• *Eugene*, the *Yellowman* of the *title* (2002/01/20/1360838)
• the *A-team in New York* is the *A-team* of *A-teams* (2002/01/21/1361231)
• *Eldredge* is the *Cadillac* among *Ferraris* (2002/02/12/1367217)
• *Leona Helmsley*, the *Queen* of *Mean* (2002/02/27/1371153)
• the *different Rangers*, the *Rangers* of *Rocker* (2002/02/28/1371472)
• Nat, the Don Quixote of Central Park West (2002/03/03/1372223)
• Elizabeth Schneider is the Neil Armstrong of cookbook authors (2002/03/06/1373384)
• Tonight is the *Super Bowl* of *professional wrestling*, the World Wrestling Federation's annual *Wrestlemania* extravaganza. (2002/03/17/1376534)
• J Mascis is the Neil Young of Generation X (2002/03/22/1377696)
• David Rockwell is the Wolfgang Puck of blueprints (2002/04/03/1380928)
• *Frank O'Connor*, the *Joyce* of "*Dubliners*" (2002/04/07/1381831)
• Mr. Bogdanovich, the Icarus of the New Hollywood (2002/04/12/1383292)
• the *Eldorado* has been the *Cadillac* of *Cadillacs* (2002/05/10/1390973)
• *Italy* is the *Boston Red Sox* of *soccer* (2002/05/26/1395524)
• *MagLiner*, the *Cadillac* of *hand trucks* (2002/06/09/1399279)
• Hillary, the Cattle Queen of commodities trading (2002/07/10/1407094)
• the jockey Jim Burns, the Jerry Bailey of mule racing (2002/07/11/1407365)
• *Mont Ventoux*, the *Giant* of *Provence* (2002/07/22/1410302)
• *Lance Armstrong*, the *Giant* of the *Tour* (2002/07/22/1410302)
• *Kabul* is the *Klondike* of the *new century* (2002/07/28/1411474)
• *Jersey Shore*, the *Land* of *Imposition* (2002/07/28/1411586)
• Television is the Johnny Appleseed of bad manners (2002/09/27/1426969)
• Clemens is the Ryan of today (2002/10/09/1430396)
• J Mascis is the Neil Young of Generation X (2002/10/11/1430880)
• *Celebi*, the *Voice* of the *Forest* (2002/10/11/1431006)
• Frank Lautenberg, the Rosie Ruiz of the New Jersey race (2002/10/30/1436301)
• Amitabh Bachchan, the Paul Newman of Bollywood (2002/11/03/1437189)
• *L'Ami Louis*, the *Parisian temple* of *foie gras* (2002/11/06/1438122)
• *Saudi Arabia* is the *Augusta National* of *Islam* (2002/11/17/1441420)
• *Fado* is the *Portuguese version* of the *blues* (2002/11/24/1443088)
• *Brisket* is the *Zelig* of the *kitchen* (2002/11/27/1444008)
• Simon Keenlyside is the Ralph Fiennes of opera (2002/12/22/1450621)
• If *Kelly Hoppen* is the *Design Diva* of *London*, then *Rita Konig* is the *Design It Girl*. (2002/12/26/1451541)

2003

• the 19th-century explorer Richard Burton, the Ernest Shackleton of sex (2003/01/05/1453822)
• Eric Bergoust, the Babe Ruth of freestyle aerials (2003/01/23/1458686)
• *New Jersey's Vince Lombardi* is the *Yosemite* of *rest stops* (2003/02/02/1461651)
• Bob Irsay, the Caesar of sports carpetbaggers (2003/02/06/1462734)
• the *127th installment of Westminster*, the *Super Bowl* of *dog shows* (2003/02/09/1463636)
• *The Emerson Quartet*, the *Fab Four* of the *string world* (2003/02/15/1465110)
• *Mille Lacs* is the *Yankee Stadium* of *ice fishing* (2003/02/21/1466539)
• *Arizona*, the *Atlanta Braves* of *college basketball* (2003/02/25/1467785)
• *Olivier Award*, the *London equivalent* of the *Tony* (2003/03/02/1468848)
• *Mini*, the *British maker* of *pint-size cars* (2003/03/08/1470553)
• *Las Cruces*, the *Mesilla Valley* of *southern New Mexico* (2003/03/09/1470804)
• *Alice Gordon of Massapequa Park* is the *Queen Mother* of the *Long Island Lusties* (2003/03/30/1476594)
• *George Duboeuf*, called *King* of *Beaujolais* (2003/04/09/1479284)
• Andy is the Hulk Hogan of this food-phobic crowd (2003/04/14/1480850)
• J Mascis is the Neil Young of Generation X (2003/04/25/1483632)
• Isabella Beeton, the Fannie Farmer of Britain (2003/06/11/1495897)
• Carlos Gardel, the Elvis of tango culture (2003/06/15/1497258)
• Yalom is the Scheherazade of the couch (2003/06/15/1497273)
• *Lawrence Rubey*, the *American booster* of *free enterprise* (2003/07/13/1503960)
• Carol Page, the Miss Manners of the cellphone world (2003/07/15/1504614)
• *Ringo Allen*, the *Simon Cowell* of the *board* (2003/07/27/1507363)
• Mel Gibson is the Michelangelo of this generation (2003/08/02/1508990)
• *Yasujiro Ozu*, the *Japanese master* of *emotional understatement* (2003/08/08/1510478)
• Harvey Pekar, the OBLOMOV of the thought bubble (2003/08/19/1513167)
• the *old Communist Party*, the *Democrats* of the *Left* (2003/08/21/1513571)
• the *late Jack Kirby*, the *King* of *Comics* (2003/08/27/1514969)
• *Niman Ranch*, the *Black Angus* of the *organic set* (2003/09/10/1518428)
• Jacques Villeneuve, the Dennis Rodman of the racing world (2003/09/21/1521031)
• Royal, the Bear Bryant of Texas (2003/10/04/1524605)
• Kool Keith, the Sybil of hip-hop (2003/10/05/1524686)
• *Maartje van Weegen*, the *Dutch doyenne* of *royal correspondents* (2003/10/12/1526709)
• George Steinbrenner, the David Merrick of sports (2003/10/15/1527475)
• Mao, the Arthur Freed of Communism (2003/10/22/1529132)
• *Las Vegas*, the *Mecca* of *boxing* (2003/11/30/1539102)
• *Amitabha*, the *Buddha* of *Light* (2003/12/12/1542388)
• George Gilder, the Pied Piper of telecommunications investors (2003/12/14/1543026)
• *El Paseo*, the *Rodeo Drive* of the *Palm Springs area* (2003/12/19/1544261)
• Howard Dean, the Huey Long of the iPod set (2003/12/23/1545369)
• Bob Knight, the General Patton of Hoops (2003/12/26/1546018)

2004

• *Terry Riley*, the *California Minimalist*; *Astor Piazzolla*, the *Argentine master* of the *nuevo tango*; and *John Zorn*, the *New York bender* of *genres* (2004/01/11/1549709)
• the *Callichoron*, the *Well* of the *Beautiful Dances* (2004/01/15/1550942)
• Norman Lebrecht has been the Cassandra of classical music (2004/02/04/1556102)
• Hal Schell, the Boswell of the delta (2004/02/06/1556601)
• *Ouidad*, the *Queen* of *Curl* (2004/02/15/1559089)
• Maddux has been the Larry Bird of baseball (2004/02/21/1560506)
• Arturo Gatti is the Oscar De La Hoya of New Jersey (2004/02/22/1560800)
• *Steinway*, the *Mercedes* of *pianos* (2004/02/29/1562589)
• Azim Premji is the Bill Gates of India (2004/03/21/1568087)
• *Yomiuri Giants*, the *Japanese equivalent* of the *Yankees* (2004/03/28/1569955)
• If Mariano Rivera of the Yankees is the Mr. October of closers, Gagne is the Mr. Season. (2004/05/18/1582589)
• *Lil' John*, the *King* of *Crunk* (2004/05/23/1583885)
• *TechZilla*, the *Lamborghini* of *slow-pitch bats* (2004/05/30/1585628)
• *Dionysos*, the *God of drama* (2004/06/27/1592422)
• *Brenda Bishop*, the *Granny Bandit* of *Macomb County* (2004/07/03/1593896)
• *Oden* is the *Japanese equivalent* of *chicken soup* (2004/03/10/1565172)
• A *reforming liberal leader in Russia* is the *Holy Grail* of *Kremlinology* (2004/03/14/1566359)
• *Graham*, the *Keeper* of the *List* (2004/04/04/1571542)
• the *Village Vanguard*, the *Stradivarius* of *jazz clubs* (2004/05/12/1581028)
• *Sirius*, the *Avis* of *satellite radio broadcasters* (2004/06/20/1590789)
• Daniel Jackling has been called the Henry Ford of minerals (2004/07/15/1596782)
• the *Helen Hayes Awards*, the *Tonys* of *Washington* (2004/08/08/1602364)
• *Papa Ge*, the *Demon* of *Death* (2004/08/22/1605641)
• Arnold Schwarzenegger is the John Wayne of the current generation (2004/09/01/1608307)
• *Reggaeton*, the *Puerto Rican amalgam* of *dancehall reggae*, *gangsta rap* and *touches of salsa* (2004/09/03/1608662)
• *Styx Valley*, the *Valley* of the *Giants* (2004/09/12/1610579)
• *Darren Romeo*, the *Voice* of *Magic* (2004/09/19/1612812)
• *Evans* is the *Jerry Lewis* of *modern design* (2004/09/23/1613516)
• the *only alternative* to the *Canyon* of *Heroes* is the *Valley* of *Doom* (2004/09/30/1615408)
• *Dan Flavin*, the *American avatar* of the *fluorescent tube* (2004/10/01/1615466)
• *Nanz Custom Hardware*, the *Barwil* of *cabinet pulls* (2004/10/14/1619047)
• *Mesa Verde National Park* has been called the *Disneyland* of *ancient sites*, but it's also the *Anasazi* *Yosemite* (2004/10/15/1619273)
• *Osama*, the *BAAAADest* of the *Bad* (2004/11/02/1624049)
• Dave Gorman, the Picasso of procrastination (2004/11/05/1624728)
• the *southern French city of Grasse*, the *Mecca* of *perfume manufacturers* (2004/11/05/1624748)
• John Monteleone, the Stradivari of the six-string world (2004/11/21/1628816)
• *Ours* is the *Age* of *Recycling* (2004/12/03/1631679)
• Chip Foose is the Vargas of the custom-car world (2004/12/31/1638539)

2005

• the *District of Columbia*, the *Camp David* of the *day* (2005/01/09/1640426)
• Lauren Hutton is the Zelig of travel (2005/01/09/1640625)
• Bill Belichick is the Bobby Fischer of football (2005/01/18/1643049)
• Richard Foreman, the Florenz Ziegfeld of avant-garde drama (2005/01/21/1643632)
• *Hocoka*, the *Sioux concept* of *healing* (2005/02/06/1647643)
• Michael Powell, the Savonarola of the Federal Communications Commission (2005/02/06/1647680)
• *Norbert Wiener*, the *Father* of *Cybernetics* (2005/03/01/1653553)
• *Veggie Booty*, the *Cheez Doodles* of the *21st century* (2005/03/06/1654677)
• *Long Island*, the *Galapagos* of *suburban dysfunction* (2005/03/20/1658622)
• Qwest, the Rodney Dangerfield of the telephone industry (2005/04/01/1661389)
• *Mabahith*, the *Egyptian equivalent* of the *F.B.I.* (2005/04/08/1663228)
• John LaValle has been the Gorbachev of Brookhaven (2005/04/10/1663656)
• *Intel*, the *Goliath* of the *chip industry* (2005/04/21/1666553)
• *Mont Ventoux*, the *Giant* of *Provence* (2005/06/05/1678016)
• Mr. Ruscha, the Riddler of the art world (2005/06/12/1679564)
• *Maitreya* is the *Buddha* of the *future* (2005/07/22/1689075)
• *Ravenswood* is the *Death Valley* of *New York City* (2005/07/23/1689358)
• Frederick Carder has been called the Mad Hatter of glass (2005/08/25/1697096)
• Tony Scott, the Ozu of action films (2005/09/11/1701087)
• Known as *First Responders*, the *Paul Reveres* of the *hurricane season* (2005/09/11/1701351)
• Charles Birnbaum is the Johnny Appleseed of landscape preservation (2005/09/15/1702130)
• *Faryab* is the *Wild West* of *Afghanistan* (2005/09/18/1703218)
• *Small* is the *Yankee* of the *hour* (2005/09/30/1706122)
• Karl Rove is the Bill Buckley of today (2005/10/09/1708539)
• Testaverde is the Roger Clemens of pro football (2005/10/10/1708694)
• *SKC*, the *CBGB* of *Belgrade* (2005/10/16/1709847)
• Clemens, the John Wayne of pitchers (2005/10/23/1712004)
• the *younger Redon*, the *Redon* of the "*Noirs*" (2005/10/28/1712946)
• *Puebla* is the *Lyon* of *Mexico* (2005/11/20/1718800)
• “If bin Laden is the Robin Hood of jihad,” the authors write, then Abu Musab al-Zarqawi “has been its Horatio Alger, and Iraq his field of dreams.” (2005/11/20/1719129)
• If the vast, empty plain of eastern Montana is the Saudi Arabia of coal, then Gov. Brian Schweitzer may be its Lawrence. (2005/11/21/1719391)
• *Cambridge*, the *Athens* of *America* (2005/11/27/1720488)
• Robinson, the Thumbelina of rookies (2005/11/27/1720778)
• *Rijkswaterstaat*, the *Dutch equivalent* of the *Corps of Engineers* (2005/11/29/1721150)
• the *beautiful Hudson*, the *Hudson* of the *imagination* (2005/12/04/1722098)

2006

• Lance Fung, the Admiral Perry of the art world (2006/02/02/1736482)
• If *Buenos Aires* is the *Paris* of *South America*, *Quebec City* is the *Paris* of *North America*. (2006/02/19/1740811)
• *Bafta*, the *British equivalent* of the *Academy Awards* (2006/03/06/1744762)
• Joe Namath is the Ann Calvello of football (2006/03/17/1747425)
• *James Brown*, the *Godfather* of *Soul* (2006/03/25/1749390)
• *Sunset Park*, the *Chinatown* of *Brooklyn* (2006/04/09/1753245)
• *Reggie Jackson*, the *Yankees Hall* of *Famer* (2006/04/12/1753998)
• *Everlast* is the *Mercedes-Benz* of *boxing* (2006/04/24/1756853)
• Treasury Secretary John Snow, the Sarah Bernhardt of the Bush administration (2006/05/14/1761468)
• *Moon Mullican*, the *King* of the *Hillbilly Piano* (2006/06/04/1766403)
• Jeffrey Chodorow is the Jerry Bruckheimer of restaurants (2006/06/04/1766638)
• Mark Hanna, the Karl Rove of the day (2006/06/18/1769818)
• Johnny Miller, the Simon Cowell of golf criticism (2006/06/20/1770506)
• *Biz Cool*, the *Japanese equivalent* of *business casual* (2006/06/24/1771315)
• *Liberty*, the *British equivalent* of the *American Civil Liberties Union* (2006/06/25/1771465)
• *Ghana* is the *Brazil* of *Africa* (2006/06/28/1772401)
• *Garberville*, the *Central Valley* of *marijuana* (2006/08/28/1786070)
• the *modern Steinway*, the *Hummer* of *instruments* (2006/08/30/1786358)
• Elisabeth Hasselbeck, the Zeppo Marx of the foursome (2006/09/06/1787907)
• Jacob Arabo, the Harry Winston of the bling-bling set (2006/09/12/1789409)
• the 2006 *Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show*, the *Kentucky Derby* of *canine competitions* (2006/09/24/1792272)
• Darquier de Pellepoix is the Zelig of this history (2006/10/12/1796531)
• Artaud, the Wieland Wagner of the present time (2006/10/22/1799005)
• *Eclipse Awards*, *Oscars* of *horse racing* (2006/10/30/1801003)
• *Chalkhill Estates in London*, the *British equivalent* of a *housing project* (2006/11/01/1801327)
• *Benny Goodman*, the *King* of *Swing* (2006/11/22/1806655)
• Kyle Avila, the Michelangelo of the bunch (2006/12/17/1812547)
• *Vegas*, the *Renaissance Florence* of the *art* (2006/12/22/1813538)
• Anna Netrebko, the Julia Roberts of opera (2006/12/22/1813555)
• the *AVN Awards*, the *Oscars* of the *skin trade* (2006/12/31/1815543)

2007

• *Jon Jerde*, the *California master* of *mall design* (2007/01/04/1816247)
• Richard Feynman, the Neal Cassady of physics (2007/01/07/1816844)
• *Mariano*, the *Mariano* of the *present* (2007/02/15/1826443)
• Mary Magdalene is the Ringo of this inquiry (2007/03/03/1830035)
• *New York* is the *Mecca* of *basketball* (2007/04/05/1838196)
• *Talaa Kebira*, the *Broadway* of *Fez* (2007/04/08/1839030)
• Mr. Gunn is the Michelangelo of the form (2007/04/12/1839640)
• *Superman*, the *Man* of *Steel* (2007/04/25/1842867)
• *Clomid* is the *Alfred Hitchcock* of *drugs* (2007/05/02/1844502)
• Jack Reacher, the Paul Bunyan of the thriller world (2007/05/14/1847325)
• *James Brown*, the *Godfather* of *Soul* (2007/05/27/1850236)
• Alberto Gonzales is the Michael Brown of the Justice Department (2007/06/11/1853778)
• *Fred Sandback*, the *American master* of *ethereal string geometries* (2007/06/15/1854531)