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...those who ridicule this friend of mine are equally persistent in their own convictions. If Sally can't have her scoop of Cahaly's mintoreo with M&Ms on top, or if Baskin Robbins is out of Sam's Jamoca Almond Fudge, their ice cream runs are immediately aborted Harvard students see ice cream as they see just about everything something to take a stand on. A harmless discussion of ice cream penchants can quickly become an irresolvable quagmire...
...used to get someone in your power. If this is true, the possibilities are limitless. Rather than arming myself with lawbooks and briefs the next time I must face a hostile opposing counsel, grumpy judge of recalcitrant witness, I might just fill my briefcase with Hersey Golden Almond bars...
...hours after morning vigil are for personal prayer and an informal breakfast, the one meal the brothers do not take in common. Eating almond granola, fresh fruit and a delicious home-baked whole wheat bread, they can look through the refectory's east window and see a tracery of pink clouds on the horizon and wisps of mist flitting across the priory pond. Six times each day the brothers come together to read the Gospel, meditate, pray and share insights into the Scriptures. Recurring themes such as God's infinite love for his creatures and people returning...
...related to his down-to-earth appearance in such a description does not expand our portrait of Dr. King. Angelou writes even worse sentences when she describes meeting, with relief, a Black American man during her long stay in Egypt: "He was of one piece. His eyes were almond-shaped, his face long and gently molded into an oval, his smile was long and thin, and he was the color of a slightly toasted almond." Apparently, Angelou could not forget the man's texture, so she runs the almond image into the ground...
They come in two flavors, Pralines 'N Cream, with a kind of butterscotch overcoat, and Jamoca Almond Fudge, sheathed in chocolate. Sometimes, I buy a six-pack of Jamoca Almond Fudge bars, eat two of them on my way home from work, and finish the rest before the 11 o'clock news. I know it's disgusting, but I don't care any more. And besides, it's a lot cheaper than whisky or cocaine...