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...Coke was adequate, and the shake interesting. The vanilla tasted more like French vanilla - a hint of butterscotch? - and the texture was pillowy, as if it somehow wasn't frozen. It had little of that wonderful icy "crunch" sometimes to be found in other fast-food milk shakes. But it grew on me, and soon I pushed away the last bites of cheeseburger (and many uneaten fries) and lingered sipping my dessert...
...conditioners and other appliances consume electricity at an alarming pace. Silicon Valley, home to the energy-hungry new economy, has already experienced rolling blackouts. The situation across California has got so precarious that state officials are offering cash payments to big corporate users that conserve energy during a crunch; database power Oracle has spent millions to build its own generators. New England and the Southwest are also potential trouble spots...
...probably ending all serious reform attempts until the 2002 presidential election, in which Jospin is expected to square off against Chirac. But the need for reform is urgent. Unless the public sector is trimmed and the national pension system modified, for example, the country will face a nasty financial crunch in coming decades...
...novel that begins with a man on the brink of being eaten by a crocodile stands a good chance of engaging a reader's attention. Moses Isegawa's Abyssinian Chronicles (Knopf; 462 pages; $26) not only opens with such a bang, or crunch, but also manages to sustain the narrative fireworks over a long, complex haul...
...debate between Gore and Bush equals a hand of five-card straight poker, nothing wild, and maybe, just to make things duller, no aces or face cards in the deck. Add Nader and Buchanan, and all of a sudden you are playing night baseball, high-low, push-crunch, deuces, treys and one-eyed jacks wild. Sloppy, but more fun. I'll see your Quemoy, and raise you Matsu...