Word: lightering
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...cream here is so rich, in fact, that you're best off combining flavors so as not to suffer an overdose of one or the other. The chocolate pudding ice cream, for instance, shouldn't be taken straight except by serious chocoholics. Try complementing it with something a bit lighter, like malted vanilla or espresso...
...looking for something a little lighter than ice cream's caloric richness, try one of the Square's many frozen yogurt shops. In the last few years, three stores exclusively devoted to fro-yo have sprung up in the square, and many of the ice cream shops also offer "gourmet" frozen yogurt...
...Garage is the Square's newest frozen yogurt store. Although the shop is only one outlet in the TCBY empire, its convenient location and lower prices are fast making it a favorite among local yogurt seekers. TCBY's flavor selection is often uninspiring, but its yogurt is lighter than Licks' or Temptations,' and students often find themselves forgoing the latter's gourmet flavors for TCBY's simplicity...
Until now. Computer-aided design and aerospace technology have helped create a new breed of bicycles that make riding safer, easier and a lot more fun. Originally created for Olympic cyclists and now available to recreational riders, these faster, lighter vehicles incorporate such features as composite- fiber frames, three-spoke wheels, hydraulic brakes and automatic gearshifts. High-tech models can run well over $1,000 in the U.S., but the price should drop as production increases. A survey of how bikes are changing...
FRAMES. Whether carrying Greg LeMond in a Tour de France alpine climb or a suburban parent with a child in tow, bicycle frames undergo incredible stress, especially where the hollow tubular pieces are joined. For decades, engineers struggled to strengthen frames while making them lighter. That task seemed impossible until manufacturers turned to materials used for jet fighters and missiles. Frames constructed of aluminum, titanium, carbon fiber and various metal combinations have proved to be stronger, stiffer, more shock absorbent and lighter than steel ones. The popular Kestrel frames from Cycle Composites, based in Watsonville, Calif., are made of molded...