Some clarification, Grom gathered this data point by reviewing figures from his coverage universe.

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There is always a queue outside the well-known Italian chain GROM, but a less commercial option is Perche No!

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Today the under-18s began proceedings at the Grom Search finals.

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When the furor inevitably died down I made it to the American version, and I even went back again to give it a fair shake, and the results both times were reminiscent of the Grom in Florence: unsatisfying.

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Sure enough, Deutsche Bank analyst Charles Grom found that, in the last decade, the tenor of the consumer portrayed in August and September sales reports shows up again in holiday shopping a whopping 80% of the time.

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My platoon of 15 SEALs would be augmented by a SEAL mobility platoon that would insert desert patrol vehicles (DPVs) and secure the perimeter and a platoon of Polish GROM (elite Polish special operations soldiers) that would clear buildings surrounding the power plant.

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What the New York Times failed to mention is that the original Grom is probably the worst gelateria in Florence, a city full of great gelato, and if you go to it you will find exactly the same people on its line as wait at the New York version: tourists and American college students.

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When Grom opened, the New York Times ran an article about how finally, an authentic gelateria from Florence had opened in New York, and as a result, the lines were out the door for the first few months, and though I walked by it all the time, I could never bring myself to wait that long.

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