Ralph Lauren paint is a success on the strength of a common theme about high-class taste.

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The tour continues with a butchery skills master class at the Taste Tradition butchery 13km away in the market town of Thirsk, where participants learn how to butcher a pig and make the most of each of the cuts, while preparing half an uncooked pig to take home and enjoy.

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And thanks to an escalating taste for diamonds among the middle class in China and India, prices have soared.

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Entering the middle class brings a predictable taste for yogurt and other luxuries.

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Harry S. Truman (1945-1953) was a product of the middle-class Midwest, and his taste in cars reflected this.

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Coke is doing quite well in emerging markets, where new middle class shoppers are getting a first taste of Coke brands like its namesake cola, Minute Maid and Fanta.

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This list is a variety of experiences and destinations by theme for every taste, and each is the best in its class, from awesome skiing to space travel.

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The following day, class continues with a flight session on the three-hour Taste of the Tours.

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Globalisation may have subjected Carpigiani to stiffer competition, but it is also helping to propagate a taste for genuine Italian ice-cream among China's swelling middle class.

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