And it gets baked into our impressionable brains from the time we start watching Cookie Monster until the time we can no longer eat cookies without dentures.

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But for the first time, Cookie can actually tell if kids are responding.

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Yet the truth is, stay-at-home mothers who spend their time perfecting cookie recipes are no longer in the majority.

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If a cookie tempts you every time you walk into a cafe, come up with a plan to reach for an apple.

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You can set the browser on your computer to warn you each time a cookie is being sent, block third party cookies or block all cookies.

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If an attacker knows what site a user plans to visit, he can visit the site ahead of time and pick up a valid cookie before the user gets there.

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The King laughed for the first time, a cackle edged, like a burnt cookie, with bitterness.

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The panel concluded that it was possible by looking at the net address of visitors or by simply asking them if they were French and then posting a file called a "cookie" on their computer so Yahoo could spot them next time they visited.

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But when Cookie dies, Woody is traumatised to discover that, for the first time in his life, he cannot find what he needs in books.

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Leanne settled on holding her breath for the longest time, and I decided to make the world's largest cookie.

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