And Oreo's ad featured a showdown in a library between people fighting over whether the cookie or the cream is the best part of the cookie.

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In the glory days, young LBO analysts screened for companies that were the best targets to approach, or the best industries to improve by applying simple cookie cutter efficiencies.

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Hollioake is the best leader of the lot, but the only way the cookie would crumble for him is if he gets the one-day captaincy back and makes a better fist of it than Nasser has.

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Catherine O'Hara and Eugene Levy (two of the best improvisational comedy actors working today) portray Gerry and Cookie Fleck, a Florida couple of modest means who have pinned all their hopes of fame and glory on their little Norwich terrier, Winky.

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Both the latter and 2006's "Return to Cookie Mountain" made several year- and decade-end "best of" lists.

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