Word: creaming
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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With such flights of rhetoric, dishes of strawberries and cream, and a generous flow of white wine, the Rhodes Trust last week exuberantly mounted its 80th anniversary party. Since 1903, Rhodes' generous legacy has annually sent a contingent of scholars from Britain's colonies and possessions, or their succeeding states, as well as Germany,* to study at Oxford for up to three years. In all, some 4,700 have been tapped to join the programs, including the 71 scholars now in residence (32 from...
...there's one thing to which the growing ice cream market owes it success, it's variety. Baskin Robbins, for example, has maintained a loyal following by offering some 31 different flavors every month. And Steve's has set the pace for an entire new breed of ice cream emporium, boasting all sorts of toppings, mix-ins, and smush...
Indeed, it seems the only thing that's plain anymore is that the world of ice cream has changed drastically in recent years...
Bubblegum, shrimp, sour cream and onion, cinnamon, deep chocolate, and nacho are only a few of the flavors set to hit Harvard Square later this month when the Cornpopper store opens on Mt. Auburn St. And while the merchandise may be novel, the Cambridge locate is in no way an experiment Cornpopper stores have already proved successful in Texas, Florida, Georgia, and Tennessee, according to Steven Gainsborough, the chain's associate owner...
Critics accuse the chains of overcharging patients or of skimming the cream from the patient population. At a hospital industry conference in April, Metzenbaum snapped at a group of private hospital officials: "You and your organizations have taken the side of private greed." According to the Senator, for-profit hospitals in Florida charge an average of 14.3% more than nonprofit ones...