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According to the International Dairy Foods Association in its report on ice cream sales and trends, about 1.4 billion gallons of ice cream and related frozen desserts (like gelato and sorbet) were...
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“England and America,” George Bernard Shaw may or may not have once said, “are two countries separated by the same language.” He may have been exaggerating a bit. The differences between...
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It’s well-known that women in the U.S. get paid less for their work than men. The pay gap averages about 20% — that is, female full-time year-round workers make 80.5 cents for every dollar a man...
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The Macallan, a revered whisky producer in the Speyside region of the Scottish Highlands, set a record in 2015 when a six-liter Lalique crystal decanter of the distillery’s “M” single-malt...
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We’ve long known that fruit and vegetables are good for us in many ways, and the U.S. Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommends that they constitute half of what’s on our plates at every meal....
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Ah, cruising the seven seas — exotic ports, beautiful sunsets, bracing sea air, endless buffets, celebrity chefs, world-class bars, casinos, live music, sparkling swimming pools, and much, much...
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We all know better than to drive drunk, or even when we’ve been drinking a bit, but most of us have probably been going under the assumption that a single beer or a small glass or two of wine...
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Doctors and drug counselors have long warned the public about the dangers of drinking alcohol while taking the club drug MDMA, also known as Molly or Ecstasy. The combination, they say, can induce...
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We all presumably want to do what’s best for the environment, whether it’s recycling, avoiding food waste, driving more fuel-efficient cars, or anything else that we’ve been told will help. But...
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The most expensive countries in the world, according to new cost-of-living indices, are both places where the (expensive) living is easy: The Cayman Islands in the Caribbean and the British Overseas...
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The best hotel in the world isn’t some urban hotspot in Tokyo, Paris, or New York, or some romantic hideaway on a beach in Mexico or on an Alpine mountaintop. According to the 2019 edition of...
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Is there anything more less enthusiastic — especially if you’re a schoolkid — than walking into the local Staples on the first day of summer and seeing that array of backpacks and school...
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It’s well-known that clogged arteries — in which blood flow is constricted by build-ups of coronary artery calcium (CAC) or plaque — is a risk factor for heart disease. But doctors and the...
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What’s the number-one cruise destination in the British Isles and non-Mediterranean Western Europe? London? Lisbon? Bordeaux? Not according to the results of a 2019 readers’ poll by Cruise...
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It has long been observed that marijuana — or cannabis, weed, grass, or pot, as you prefer — can produce seemingly contradictory psychological effects in the people who smoke (or, these days,...
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