Word: shavings
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Since he arrived on Christmas Eve, President Obama has kept a low profile. He played golf on a military course, and watched the waves at a popular bodysurfing beach called Pyramid Rock. The President's children were treated to shave-ice treats on Saturday at Island Snow - the same store the President visited with his daughters last Christmas. (See the Obamas' 2008 Hawaii vacation...
...public will have to rely on the kind of chance encounters that made Obama as much a neighbor as a celebrity: taking in the Honolulu Zoo with his children, walking on the beach with his wife and playing pickup basketball with old friends. Sabina Yi, owner of Kokonuts Shave Ice & Snacks in Honolulu's Hawaii Kai, has a photograph on the wall of the day Obama stopped by last Christmas to buy a treat for his children. "We're all wishing that he'll stop by again," Yi says. "We call what he ordered: Obama's Special Shave Ice. Lemon...
...Gillette Like phone service, razors are a commodity (and not exactly hip ones either). Plus, Gillette has a huge market share. So the company can play it either way. If Gillette holds on to Woods - what, you're not going to shave because he's a bit of a hound? Alternatively, if Gillette dumps Woods and misses out on his triumphant comeback, it's doubtful that consumers will start switching razor brands (unless, perhaps, he endorses Bic out of spite). Yet Procter & Gamble, Gillette's parent company, is no fan of controversy. "P&G is known as being a traditional...
...some members of the environmental movement, tends to be self-righteous in a way that turns a lot of people off,” she said. “I’ve always been fighting not to come across as a crazy radical. I do shower and shave and wear deodorant and eat meat...
...have better times at the end of the season when we shave and we taper,” Wurzbacher explained. “He was pretty excited. We were all excited...