Or that undisciplined mook holding a dripping drumstick in one hand and a pint of ice cream and soda pop in the other?

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Manchester, Connecticut, institution Shady Glen began back in 1948 as a classic soda fountain and ice cream maker, the offshoot of a dairy farm.

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Another 8 million tons go into soda, baked goods, cereal, candy, ice cream, sports drinks and more. (These figures do not include 11.5 million tons of corn sweeteners.) If the price of sucrose remains at 35 cents to 40 cents a pound, sugar users in the U.S. will spend a billion dollars more this year than last.

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He ate a hot dog and drank a soda and he sucked the salted peanuts and the wooden spoon from his chocolate-malt ice cream.

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"In the school cafeteria you could buy soda, potato chips, snack cakes, corndogs, French fries, apple turnovers, ice cream --you know, carnival food, " she said.

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