Word: icing
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...this incongruity. At 51, he admires Putin, who may no longer officially run the Kremlin but is assumed to orchestrate the every move of his successor, Dmitry Medvedev. Indeed, Poborchiy seems self-consciously Putinesque, sporting a tracksuit with the Russian tricolor and leading a men's team of ice swimmers who converge on a lake for morning races every winter, when Murmansk descends into darkness for nearly two months. (See pictures of Russia celebrating Victory...
...soon learn that James is nuts, but exactly the right kind of nuts for the job: ice-water nerves and a go-it-alone bravado to match his ninja expertise. Finding a string nearly buried in street rubble, he lifts it and finds it's attached to half a dozen bombs. Blithely he snaps a wire, making the devices harmless. Piece of cake, six slices...
...coli bacteria. So far, 70 people--75% of them female--from 30 states have been stricken with a single E. coli strain since March. Nestlé's announcement, which comes on the heels of salmonella scares stemming from tainted peanut butter and alfalfa sprouts, does not affect cookie-dough ice cream, which is heat-treated to kill bacteria...
...bean ice cream bars I bought for the volunteers melted on the bike ride back from the store. Oh well, still (nearly) as yummy...
...earlier. It was part of an ad for a chain of tanning salons called Sun People, which was using Obama's picture to promote the benefits of booking some time on their sun beds. In March, the President's image appeared in another new ad campaign: this time for ice cream. On posters for Duet, a stick of vanilla ice cream with a shot of chocolate running through the middle, a cartoon Obama stands grinning outside the White House underneath the caption "The Flavor of the Week! Black in White...