Goiter is an enlargement of the thyroid gland. It can be caused by many things, including nodules, inflammation, and Graves' disease. Often goiter can be easily seen as a lump in the front of the neck, slightly to the left and/or right of center. It may move up and down when a person swallows.
Tom's of Maine, a popular line of natural toiletries, is owned by Colgate-Palmolive -- a Fortune 500 company with $15 billion in revenues last year. Tom's of Maine is not the only earthy beauty company backed by a major American corporation. Rather, it's a common trend in the world of personal care products.
The Tom's Diner of the song is Tom's Restaurant in New York City. The song is written as a simple first person vignette of someone stopping at a diner for a cup of coffee.ega has acknowledged that Tom's Diner features a composite of events, and that the rain was from a morning she remembered being in the diner during the spring of 1982, after the initial events of the song.