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...adjustments were made: wine and candles were taken outside to the Champ de Mars, and family dinners were held beneath the Eiffel Tower. Knowing how to live apparently means knowing that nothing will last and everything has happened before. But by the end of last week, as the old stone houses lost their ancient stores of cool and the night air grew as viscous as the afternoon's, even the Parisians began to twitch. Retired undertakers were called back to work to help handle the casualties. Like bloodhounds, we all darted about in search of cool...
...There have been a number of very promising ideas regarding Allston that have been put forward in the last year,” University spokesperson Alan J. Stone said in an interview. “No decisions have been made. There will be a great deal of consultation in the fall as we move toward the next stage in the planning process...
Yakovlev, stone-faced for the first half of the proceedings, at first appeared disinclined to follow this line of argument. During the defense attorneys’ cross-examination, he swiftly cut off several questions which Okhotin said he thought were “key” to his case...
Devotees explain that Cold Stone isn't just any ice cream shop. Customers at the recent opening of a Times Square store in New York City walked in to find ice cream displayed in a gelato-style showcase imported from Italy. After waiting in a line that stretched out the door, Stephanie Crittenden, 24, ordered cream-flavored ice cream, then added brownies and fudge. The custom concoction was mixed together in front of her by employees wielding metal spades on a polished granite surface refrigerated from underneath--the "cold stone." Employees periodically broke into song, especially when they received...
Steve's Ice Cream in Boston popularized the mix-in in the 1970s, and today two other growing chains--Marble Slab Creamery, which is based in Houston, and MaggieMoo's Ice Cream & Treatery, based in Columbia, Md.--employ similar ingredients and theatrics. But both trail Cold Stone in revenue and number of shops. Why? Ducey sets aggressive goals and then has his top managers--who hail from organizations like McDonald's--sprint after them. Cold Stone also knows how to mix up the mix-in, as in a Survivor-inspired promotion two years ago that combined ice cream with chocolate...