Word: steams
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...image that pops into your mind is probably a huge tree trunk with a few metal buckets strapped on. Maybe you picture workhorses slogging through the snow, a sleigh laden with tree sap in tow. Maybe there's a little wooden shack with a chimney emitting a plume of steam. What you might not picture are the dollar signs many are seeing around this surging agricultural commodity - maple syrup producers are celebrating high yields and record retail prices this year. (See the photo essay "A Movable Feast...
...natural foods movement has picked up steam in recent years, maple syrup has become, along with honey, an increasingly attractive alternative to processed cane sugar. If you're wondering where Aunt Jemima or Log Cabin syrup fit into this picture - these common table products are not real maple syrup. The tagline for Log Cabin, which is made with sugar, is "Authentic Maple Tasting Syrup for over 120 years." This careful wording is intentional and crafted to avoid false advertising claims. (Most brands of maple-flavored pancake toppings are made with corn syrup...
...wistful pop of these years accompanies Mottola’s use of frequent pans and circling close-ups. The songs speak to carefree satisfaction as much as they hint to nostalgic sadness in the face of fading youth.Just as the promises of adolescence gradually wither, the movie loses steam as it recedes into melodrama. When James applies to work at Adventureland, he asks for a job in rides but the manager hands him a games job instead, informing him of the cardinal rule of games: “Nobody ever wins a giant-ass panda.” Mottola handles...
...left the windows open?” Nick says, shutting the window in the back of the stall as he shudders. “This is silly!” He noisily kisses Pinocho on the head, and the grey gelding stares back with bulbous eyes, steam issuing from his nostrils...
...After practice, the boys and horses, emitting feathery clouds of steam, are back in the stable. Stale manure is replaced with fresh hay, the horses are denuded. Stinking of the barn’s musk and covered in horsehair, the players are back in Cambridge shortly before midnight...