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Andy later explained to us that since the formula did not contain gums and chemical chelating agents, it would spoil in a short time; he urged us to add some of the chemicals that would fix its longevity. We refused. But to Andy's surprise, after testing, his chemists concluded that since Paul's dressing consisted of oil and vinegar and contained mustard, those elements combined to form a natural gum. We were elated with this lucky happenstance, but Andy presented us with another problem. We did not have EDTA (ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid) in our formula, which was thought...
...should have resigned, but I'm damn glad he did. I'd like to know how many conservatives would like to listen to James Carville every Sunday, talking about how St. Louis is going all the way this year. Like most Americans, I like my football ideology-free. Why spoil a good Sunday? Besides, from what I could see, he didn't know the game that well. Charles Jordan Carson City, Ariz...
...tried to open every door," Verber says. "People were afraid to sell to me. They thought I would spoil their image. I had to show them I was professional." She got most of the top brands she was after but not without compromise. "We're Russian," she says. "We pay in advance." There are plenty of others she still dreams of carrying (note to Ralph Lauren and St. John), but perhaps not for long. --By Lauren Goldstein
...senior Iraqi party official who has had his ups and downs with Washington over the years told me he's worried that the Administration's obsession with controlling Iraq's future stems from Bush's re-election requirements. "They don't want to spoil this wonderful victory" over Saddam, he explains. The true risk, this official points out, is that the U.S. will do just that if it fails to involve Iraqis in their destiny...
Gelbart usually rises early and heads straight for his keyboard. But every Tuesday afternoon at 2, he has a standing date with his grandson Adam, 6. Occasionally he will meet a friend for lunch--usually at a sushi bar where, he says, "a waiter can't come up and spoil a punch line"--but concedes, "I don't have much of a social life. As you get older, God takes away your peers and gives you playmates...