In the sunny kitchen her cheerful reflection picked up a pitcher of water that caught the light.

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The young lady who ate the quail with me did not set my house on fire. (I kept a pitcher of water nearby just in case.) But the striking beauty and the deep perfume of all those roses certainly made her cheeks flush.

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For the first time in 30 years, Rubbermaid is changing the utilitarian design of its water pitcher, adding a swoosh-like handle and a rubbery bottom-half to match a new line of kitchen gewgaws.

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For the first time in 30 years, Rubbermaid is changing the unadorned, utilitarian design of its water pitcher, adding a swoosh-like handle and a rubbery bottom-half to match a new line of kitchen gewgaws like butter dishes and pepper shakers.

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Each is accented with Persian carpets, glass-beaded chandeliers, and Jacuzzis equipped with urns full of bath salts from the Dead Sea, as well as a welcome pitcher of lemonade sweetened with rose water.

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For we rather like being able to drive places, cook food, heat water and survive a Mid-West winter without having to melt the ice on the pitcher each morning.

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