Word: creaming
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Among those who doubt that inflation has fallen very far is Robin Friedman Rose, 32, owner of Via Dolce Confectioners in suburban Los Angeles, which makes Robin Rose ice cream. Her experience shows how people's views are shaped by the price hikes that affect them. Rose watched the wild black raspberries that give tang to her bestselling raspberry chocolate truffle flavor zoom from $31 per gal. to $107.50 per gal. after last year's harsh winter nearly destroyed the crop. To recover the extra cost, she tacks a 25? surcharge onto each scoop of the ice cream...
...Nixon's wedding reception had to stay outside and rely on briefings, Martin sneaked in by masquerading as a friend of a bridesmaid. She subsequently found herself banned from Tricia Nixon's wedding, but perhaps that was because she had written that Tricia dressed "like an ice-cream cone." The White House announcement explained that "the First Family does not feel comfortable with Judith Martin." Remarked Martin's husband: "I'm scared to live in a country that's run by a man who's scared by the likes...
...writing her column on an IBM word processor. Some of her mail, which may be useful later (she has to work two months in advance), gets saved in wooden trays with such labels as Weddings, Business or Diverse Civilities; other letters receive a standard answer in engraved script on cream paper ("Miss Manners regrets exceedingly...
...Christmas shoplifting, Disc Jockey Alan Bird's girlfriend of four years walks out on him in the middle of decorating the tree. His dentist hurts, a psychiatrist is uncomprehending, and both sides in the territorial war between Mr. Bunny and McCool's, mobile purveyors of ice cream, keep damaging his car to register displeasure at his peacemaking efforts. In short, it is a fairly typical, that is to say awful, Yuletide season, and Comfort and Joy is a fairly typical, that is to say wonderful, Bill Forsyth comedy. As Gregory's Girl and Local Hero showed...
Which is disappointing, because Mickey is clearly a frustrated wife. Her husband, a self-absorbed writer, seems to know little about her or her blossoming career as an interior decorator. By contrast, Scotty knows her most personal secrets, including her political affiliation and her favorite ice cream flavor. Thief of Hearts works best when Bauer and Williams are beginning their brief romance. There's a strong sense of tension and energy as Scotty begins to create her fantasies and Mickey begins to concede. The few fantasy sequences comprise the film's most imaginative and evocative momements. Mickey, who writes...