The article was written before the onset of the economic crisis at what was, in retrospect, a high-water mark of American efforts to promote democracy and even of American power more generally.
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As described by ice sculptor Joseph Amendola in his book Ice Carving Made Easy, written records dating back to 600 BC reveal that in the highlands of northwest China, farmers would flood their fields with water, wait for it to freeze, harvest blocks of ice and then store them in insulated facilities to help preserve perishables like seafood.