Desert Storm (that name oddly redolent of Mills & Boon) gave currency to: "mother of all battles", "line in the sand", "surgical strike", "collateral damage" and, as its sad linguistic legacy, "Gulf war syndrome".
That's an obvious boon, given that insomniacs are more likely to be able to reach for their phone when they're unable to sleep in the middle of the night than have a laptop or desktop handy.
Colin Davies and Orson Boon gave weed to the Queen and have done prison time.
The painting follows the usual attributes like the winnowing basket, boon-giving gesture, but also depicts her young and beautiful with full breasts and adorned in gold finery, a stark contrast to her usual form.
The internet has been a boon to counterfeiters, giving them detailed information about which goods to copy and allowing them to link consumers and suppliers with ease and relative anonymity.
In fact, Western sanctions may have been a boon for Rotenberg, giving him a chance to show Putin that he had suffered for the country and was owed some payback.
The deal is a boon for both carriers, giving Delta greater access to Heathrow Airport, one of the world's busiest hubs, and Virgin Atlantic greater capacity to send passengers to New York, one of the most popular international destinations.
Bond is both a boon to MI6 in giving it a worldwide profile but a negative in reflecting the nature of the job and the kind of people the agency wants to recruit.
Similarly, Closmore said today's announcements (not just the LiveRail news but Facebook's new support for embedding Facebook videos on other sites) should be a boon for Sprinklr clients, giving them more capabilities to take their Facebook content and campaigns beyond Facebook itself.
This was a boon to Crystal Bridges, given that it has since bought hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of art.
