They dominate grocers' and shopkeepers' shelves, giving it market leadership in several categories: soaps, detergents, color cosmetics, ice cream and packaged tea.

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Flip with his breakfast cereal smile, in his zip-up land speed suit, made of a silvery-blue ripstop cloth that refracted to lavender at angles and folds, and lace-up racing boots that were the color of vanilla ice cream.

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Still, the slump seems to color every move he makes on the ice.

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In the case of our device, the plastic emerged with a green color, slowly turning black as it slid out like hot, plastic soft serve ice cream.

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