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...every dream deferred dries up like a raisin in the sun. In politics it can sometimes ripen and harden into a tough kernel of ambition, as the unimaginable slowly becomes transformed into the attainable. Such a gradual course requires patience, guile and discipline, rather than flamboyant words and heroic poses. But the subtlety of these stratagems should never mask the majesty of the dream or the boldness of the dreamer...
Those funky singing California raisins may be in for some competition from a new kid on the block: the Craisin. Invented by Ocean Spray, a Craisin is a cranberry that has been dried and sugared to sweeten its tart flavor. The product is innocent enough, but the Craisin name has turned raisin producers sour. California growers, who spent $25 million last year promoting raisins, think Craisin is a rip-off. "If it's a cranberry, why don't they call it a cranberry?" asks Don Martens, a member of the California Raisin Advisory Board...
Earplugs would be a fine alternative were it not for the severe health risks involved. After my mother told me about the boy who mistook his earplug for a giant raisin in the middle of the night and choked to death, I have diligently avoided all earplugs. And raisins...
Even traditional bagel bakers have trivialized the product by adding such flavors as pumpernickel, onion, poppy or sesame seed, and even cinnamon and raisin. The Big Apple Bagels shops in the Chicago area offer among their variations, incredibly enough, one with banana and nuts. Lender's has just introduced Big 'n Crusty, 50% larger than its regular product and looking like a sort of dimpled Superdome modeled in dough. Brothers Murray and Marvin Lender have recently expanded their Connecticut-based chain of bagel restaurants, S. Kinder (a play on the Yiddish Ess, Kinder ((Eat, children))), into Manhattan, where they offer...
...apparent solution to this age-old problem is now at hand. General Foods has introduced new packaging for two of its Post cereals, Natural Raisin Bran and Natural Bran Flakes. The products are enclosed in easy-to-open, easy-to- reseal plastic bags that are similar to the popular Ziploc items...