Word: icing
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...Zealand natural's ice creams go down a treat in China. The popularity of flavors like Chocolate Ecstasy and Green Tea has helped the company build 43 outlets in the People's Republic in two and a half years. But a 19% tariff on imported ice cream takes a giant lick out of the profits. "It's an awful margin that just goes to the Chinese government rather than allowing us to make a better return," says CEO Shane Lamont. When 150 New Zealand trade officials and businessmen take off for Beijing this weekend, Lamont's hopes of seeing...
...deeply creamy, almost more like cheese than butter. And Manicardi's 25-year-old balsamic vinegar, $145 for a 100-mL bottle, was so sweet, thick and smooth that it finally made me understand what all those other balsamics have been going for. I drizzled it over ice cream and felt like a mean rich kid in an '80s movie...
Watson was one of the three co-founders of Greenpeace, but in 1977 the group expelled him after he forcibly stopped a Canadian seal hunter clubbing seals on the ice floes of Newfoundland. He now ridicules the organization for deserting its principles and lavishing money on fruitless ad campaigns; “It’s become the world’s biggest feel-good organization...
...coming weeks Sea Shepherd’s decrepit black trawler, the Farley Mowat, will patrol the ice-clad waters of Newfoundland, as Canada’s 2008 seal hunt begins. The Canadian government has increased this year’s permits to allow the killing of 275,000 seals, 98 percent of them babies, in what Watson calls “the world’s largest marine slaughter.” And in spite of new government regulations designed to stop the live skinning and clubbing of seals, Watson says that his crews have already documented seals bleeding...
...Crimson as an extremely talented but raw player with a shoot-first mentality and distaste for defense. In her time at Harvard, Vaillancourt has developed into a complete player with passing ability to rival her shooting prowess and an equally intense style of play at all ends of the ice.“She’s learned to play in all three zones,” Stone said. “She’s become a very comprehensive player...She’s elevated her development on all levels.”Vaillancourt’s rise...