The little bit at the base is the Sherman Act of 1890, a motherhood-and-apple-pie affair that outlaws monopolies and attracted only one dissenting vote in its passage through Congress.

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Ms. Reid and her dozen assistants also recently experimented with several Christmas beers, brewing a peppermint stout as well as gingerbread, raisin and apple-pie ales that might one day make their way to store shelves.

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Sports fans may project an all-American image of baseball and apple pie, but they are bilking most of the population out of billions of dollars every year.

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Here, then, are the best kept secrets of successful women for you when you can break-away from baking your award winning apple pie, wrapping presents, or attending holiday movies.

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Even though she comes from South Africa, her blonde, sun-dappled looks suggest nothing short of baseball and apple pie.

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The running commentary among the taste testers prompted KFC to move extra-crispy Buffalo chicken into test markets, along with the apple pie.

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The Louisville, Kentucky-area residents taste several versions of extra-crispy Buffalo chicken breasts, corn on the cob and apple pie, stuff KFC may add to the menu in its 33, 000 restaurants worldwide.

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The secrets of Viennese signature apple strudel and chocolate cake Sacher are well-known among Lviv pastry chefs but syrnyk, a moist pie made from fresh cottage cheese, is a local specialty that many guests to the city take back home.

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Not to mention vats of rainbow-hued fish roe, dense black loaves stuffed with shoals of tiny fish, and the famous Finnish apple pie.

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