Word: creams
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...women, the only surprise was that Brown won two games. Don't get it wrong--it's not as if the four-time defending national champion Crimson ever entertained serious doubts about losing. It's just that Brown is not considered the cream of the Ivy League, and after the Crimson decimated its Ivy competition in a scrimmage two weekends ago, the smart money was on a 9-0 Harvard sweep...
...spent are astounding for such an early contest. At a convention last month of the Florida Federation of Republican Women, Dole organizers replaced the customary canapes with shrimp, sliced lobster tails and strawberries dipped in white and dark chocolate to look as though dressed in tuxedoes, nesting beneath a cream-puff tree. For party favors, there were Godiva chocolates and Crabtree & Evelyn bath oil--not to mention a live band and a male ballroom dancer, available for waltzing...
...always been smooth sailing. Many deals have been duds. Dellwood Foods, a troubled New York dairy acquired in 1985, languishes unsold in Investcorp's portfolio. Also unsold is Chaumet, a world-famous French jeweler, which has racked up millions of dollars in losses. Other flops include the Carvel ice-cream chain and New York Department Stores of Puerto Rico, disposed of last year at a substantial loss. A huge disappointment has been Color Tile, America's largest chain of floor-covering stores. The company lost $46.3 million last year and was close to bankruptcy until Investcorp and other investors pumped...
Prior to Sunday afternoon's performance, the figure skaters will spend time skating with children from the Dana Farber Institute. There will also be an ice cream bash following Sunday's show for the performers and children from the institute...
...Blue Man Group's ability to meld fractals and shaving cream-to use optical illusion to comment on generational identity crisis-typifies the balance of fun and metaphor that makes the show work. The effort, explains Wink, is not to let any one dimension of the show eclipse the other. "We start out being avant-gardists and then we say, 'oh look, we're being assholes,' and then we start to play for awhile and our message becomes emotive. Going to a place of spirit and newness or celebration is always where we want to end up, and pass through...