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　　BUSINESS

　　China needs to continue deepening reform in an effort to give impetus to its further economic development, a top economic planning official said on March 5．

　　China cuts GDP growth to 7.5％ in ’12

　　China sets its GDP growth target at 7.5 percent this year, down from the 8 percent goal in 2011, according to　the government work report．

　　SPORTS

　　As China works hard on its domestic sports industry, mass sports should not be neglected, says Chen Zhonghe, former coach of the Chinese national woman's volleyball team, on Monday．

　　China loses to Iceland 1-0 in Algarve Cup

　　China lost to Iceland 1-0 in their third group game of the Algarve Cup women's football tournament Monday．

　　Ronaldo hits 30th goal as Real wins

　　Cristiano Ronaldo took his league tally for the season to 30 as leaders Real Madrid swept aside Espanyol 5-0 at the Bernabeu to restore their 10-point advantage over Barcelona in La Liga on Sunday．

　　Odd News

　　The innocent charm of a talking robot proved irresistible to many-but what they talked about proved too much for the automated servant．

　　Student needs a new name for　hukou

　　A graduate of Hunan University called Peng A has a problem with her hukou(permanent residence permit)for her unusual given name．

　　Buffalo as owner's 'best man'

　　When a groom chooses his best man, it is usually a difficult choice, but not for Ronald Bridges．He knew exactly who he wanted to fill the role．

　　Fan-shaped lettuce grown in E China

　　A fan-shaped lettuce is measured in China's Zhejiang province．The vegetable is 40 centimeters long and 25 centimeters at its greatest width．

　　CHINA

　　Coast guard 'needed for disputes'

　　China should set up a coast guard to cope with the "increasingly challenging" maritime disputes with neighboring countries．

　　Smoking is rampant in Internet bars

　　Shanghai　is seeking more effective ways to prevent smoking in Internet bars and other entertainment venues．

　　Military service kind to residents

　　Lines of senior citizens waited in the rain over the past two mornings on Shanghai's Nanjing Road for the army to arrive and provide　free services．

　　WORLD

　　Yahoo's new Chief Executive Officer Scott Thompson is preparing a major restructuring of the company that could result in significant layoffs．

　　UN special envoy Annan to visit Syria

　　Kofi Annan, the United Nations and Arab League envoy to Syria, and Valerie Amos, the UN humanitarian chief, will visit Syria in the coming days, a UN spokesman said on Monday．

　　Canada closes embassy in Syria

　　Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird said on Monday that Canada has closed its embassy and consulate in Syria and put further sanctions on Damascus．

　　OPINION

　　It is an era calling for great diplomacy, one that requires China and the US to make joint efforts to go beyond the immediate bilateral issues to shoulder more international responsibilities．

　　Rebalancing Russia's foreign relations

　　The geopolitical position of Russia dictates a balanced approach to the development of its Euro-Atlantic and Asia-Pacific relations．

　　Spending attacks indefensible

　　The continual attempts by Western countries to occupy the moral high ground and point their fingers at China's defense spending are unjustifiable．

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　　Gadgets(小装置)can be wildly expensive and quickly out-of-date, but Steven Poole is still the first to buy them．Technological innovations(创新)are often quite stupid．The idea that you might want to walk down the street holding a mobile phone in front of your face, just to experience the wonders of video calling, is clearly ridiculous．Luckily for the tech companies, however, there are some people who jump at the chance to buy into new gadgets before they are fully ready and cheap enough for the mass-market．They are called early adopters, and their fate is a terrible one．I should know, since I am one myself．

　　Early adopters have a Mecca： it's Tokyo's Akihabara district, also known as “Electric City”．There, in 1999, I bought a digital camera, a gizmo that few people in Britain had heard of．Over the next few years I watched in great sadness as digital cameras became more popular, cheaper and more powerful, until better models could be had for a quarter of the price I had paid．Did I feel stupid? What I actually did was this： I splashed out more money last year for a new one, one that let me feel pleasantly ahead of the curve once again．But I know that cannot last, and I'll probably have to buy another in a few years．

　　Thus early adopters are betting on other people eventually feeling the same desires．And it's worse if that future never arrives．Early adopters of the Betamax home-video format in the 1970s could only look on in sadness when their investment was  ified(使无效)by the success of VHS．All sorts of apparently splendid inventions, such as videogame consoles like the Atari Jaguar have been abandoned to the dustbin of history right after a few early adopters bought in．Those who invested thousands in a Segway motorized scooter on the wave of ridiculous advertising campaigns that accompanied its launch a couple of years ago can join the club．

　　You might think we should just stop being so silly, save our money, and wait to see what really catches on．But the logic of the industry is such that, if everyone did that, no innovation would become popular．Imagine the third person to buy an ordinary telephone soon after Alexander Graham Bell had invented it．Who was he going to call? Maybe he simply bought two phones, one for a special friend．But still, the usefulness and eventual popularity of the device wasn't clear at the time．Nobody dreamed of the possibility of being able to speak to any one of millions of people．And yet if he, and the hundreds and thousands of early adopters after him, had not bought into the idea, the vast communication networks that we all take for granted today would never have been built．

　　The same goes, indeed, for all new technologies．Those guys holding bricks to their ears that we laughed at in the 1980s made the current mobile phone possible．People who bought DVD players when they still cost a fortune, instead of today's cheap one at the local supermarket, made sure that the new format succeeded．Early adopters’ desire for desires supported the future financially．And what did they get for their pains? They got a hole in their bank accounts and inferior, unperfected technology．But still, they got it first．And today they are still at work, buying overpriced digital radios, DVD recorders and LCD televisions, and even 3G phones, so that you will be eventually be able to buy better and less expensive ones．

　　So next time you see a gadget-festooned geek(满身新潮玩意的土包子)and feel tempted to sneer(讥笑), think for a minute．Without early adopters, there would be no cheap mobile phones or DVD players; there would be no telephone or television either．We are the tragic, unsung foot soldiers of the technology revolution．We're the desire-addicted pioneers, pure in heart, dreaming of a better future．We make expensive mistakes so you don't have to．Really, we are heroes．

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　　“My work is done．” Those words were some of the last penned by George Eastman．He included them in his suicide note．They mark an ignoble end to a noble life, the leave taking of a truly great man．The same words could now be said for the company he left behind．Actually, the Eastman Kodak Company is through．It has been mismanaged financially, technologically and competitively．For 20 years, its leaders have foolishly spent down the patrimony of a century's prosperity．One of America's bedrock brands is about to disappear, the Kodak moment has passed．

　　But George Eastman is not how he died, and the Eastman Kodak Company is not how it is being killed．Though the ends be needless and premature, they must not be allowed to overshadow the greatness that came before．Few companies have done so much good for so many people, or defined and lifted so profoundly the spirit of a nation and perhaps the world．It is impossible to understand the 20th Century without recognizing the role of the Eastman Kodak Company．

　　Kodak served mankind through entertainment, science, national defense and the stockpiling of family memories．Kodak took us to the top of Mount Suribachi and to the Sea of Tranquility．It introduced us to the merry old Land of Oz and to stars from Charlie Chaplin to John Wayne, and Elizabeth Taylor to Tom Hanks．It showed us the shot that killed President Kennedy, and his brother bleeding out on a kitchen floor, and a fallen Martin Luther King Jr．on the hard balcony of a Memphis motel．When that sailor kissed the nurse, and when the spy planes saw missiles in Cuba, Kodak was the eyes of a nation．From the deck of the Missouri to the grandeur of Monument Valley, Kodak took us there．Virtually every significant image of the 20th Century is a gift to posterity from the Eastman Kodak Company．

　　In an era of easy digital photography, when we can take a picture of anything at any time, we cannot imagine what life was like before George Eastman brought photography to people．Yes, there were photographers, and for relatively large sums of money they would take stilted pictures in studios and formal settings．But most people couldn't afford photographs, and so all they had to remember distant loved ones, or earlier times of their lives, was memory．Children could not know what their parents had looked like as young people, grandparents far away might never learn what their grandchildren looked like．Eastman Kodak allowed memory to move from the uncertainty of recollection, to the permanence of a photograph．But it wasn't just people whose features were savable; it was events, the sacred and precious times that families cherish．The Kodak moment, was humanity's moment．

　　And it wasn't just people whose features were savable; it was events, the precious times that familes cherish．Kodak let the fleeting moments of birthdays and weddings, picnics and parties, be preserved and saved．It allowed for the creation of the most egalitarian art form．Lovers could take one another's pictures, children were photographed walking out the door on the first day of school, the person releasing the shutter decided what was worth recording, and hundreds of millions of such decisions were made．And for centuries to come, those long dead will smile and dance and communicate to their unborn progeny．Family history will be not only names on paper, but smiles on faces．

　　The cash flow not just provided thousands of people with job, but also allowed the company's founder to engage in some of the most generous philanthropy in America's history．Not just in Kodak's home city of Rochester, New York, but in Tuskegee and London, and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology．He bankrolled two historically black colleges, fixed the teeth of Europe's poor, and quietly did good wherever he could．While doing good, Kodak did very well．Over all the years, all the Kodakers over all the years are essential parts of that monumental legacy．They prospered a great company, but they – with that company – blessed the world．

　　That is what we should remember about the Eastman Kodak Company．

　　Like its founder, we should remember how it lived, not how it died．

　　History will forget the small men who have scuttled this company．

　　But history will never forget Kodak．

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　　Rene Descartes’ explanation of pain has long been acknowledged in medicine．He proposed that pain is a purely physical phenomenon – that tissue injury makes specific nerves send a signal to the brain, causing the mind to notice pain．The phenomenon, he said, is like pulling on a rope to ring a bell in the brain．It is hard to overstate how deeply fixed this account has become．In medicine, doctors see pain in Descartes’ terms-as a physical process, a sing of tissue injury．

　　The limitations of this explanation, however, have been apparent for some time, since people with obvious injuries sometimes report feeling no pain at all．Later, researchers proposed that Descartes’ model be replaced with what they called the gate control theory of pain．They argued that before pain signals reach the brain, they must first go through a gating mechanism in the spinal cord(脊髓)．In some cases, this imaginary gate could simply step gain signals from getting to the brain．

　　Their most amazing suggestion was that what controlled the gate was not just signals from sensory nerves but also emotions and other “output” from the brain．They were saying that pulling on the rope need not make the bell ring．The bell itself-the mind-could stop it．This theory led to a great deal of research into how such factors as mood, gender, and beliefs influence the experience of pain．In a British study, for example, researchers measured pain threshold and tolerance levels in 53 ballet dancers and 53 university students by using a common measurement：after immersing your hand in body-temperature water for two mintues to establish a baseline condition, you put your hand in a bowl of ice water and start a clock running．You mark the time when it begins to hurt：that is your pain threshold．Then you mark the time when it hurts too much to keep your hand in the water：that is your pain tolerance．The test is always stopped at 120 seconds, to prevent injury．

　　The results were striking．On average female students reported pain at 16 seconds and pulled their hands out of the ice water at 37 seconds．Female dancers were almost three times as long on both counts．Men in both groups had a higher threshold and tolerance for pain, but the difference between mals dancers and mals nondancers was nearly as large．What explains that difference? Probably it has something to do with the psychology of ballet dancers – a group known for self-discipline, physical fitness, and competitiveness, as well as by a high rate of chronic(慢性)injury．Their driven personalities and competitive culture evidently accustom them to pain．Other studies along these lines have shown that outgoing people have greater pain tolerance and that, with training, one can reduce one's sensitivity to pain．

　　There is also striking evidence that very simple kinds of mental suggestion can have powerful effects on pain．In one study of 500 patients undergoing dental procedures, those who were given a placebo injection and promised that it would relieve their pain had the least discomfort-not only less than the patients who got a placebo and were told nothing but also less than the patients who got actual drug without any promise that it would work．

　　Today it is abundantly evident that the brain is actively involved in the experience of pain and is no more bell on a string．Today every medical textbook teaches the gate control theory as fact．There's a problem with it, though．It explains people who have injuries but feel no pain, but it doesn't explain the reverse, which is far more common-the millions of people who experience chronic pain, such as back pain, with no signs of injury whatsoever．So where does the pain come from? The rope and clapper are gone, but the bell is still ringing．

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　　Easter Sunday celebrations

　　Fun Easter festivities are planned for Sunday at Kempinski Hotel Shenzhen．For children, Easter means hunting for Easter eggs or for treats hidden by the Easter Bunny．Celebrate an unforgettable Easter Sunday at Seasons Restaurant at Kempinski Hotel Shenzhen with your family．

　　The Kempinski Easter Sunday brunch features splendid Easter dishes from all over the world, including tender and juicy Bavarian roast lamb; imported steak; fresh lobster; homemade, delicious Easter ham; and all kinds of lovely Easter chocolates and desserts．

　　Enjoy an exquisite lunch while watching your child have fun at the children's corner or joining the Great Egg Hunt with the 5-year-old Easter Bunny!

　　Hours：11 a．m．-3 p．m．, April 8

　　Price：338 yuan, plus a 15 percent service charge; half price for children shorter than 120cm

　　Add：Kempinski Hotel Shenzhen, Haide Road 3, Houhaibin Road, Nanshan District

　　Tel：8888-8888

　　Easter indulgence

　　Colored marzipan, chocolate bunnies and egg painting are the flavors of Easter Sunday at The Westin Shenzhen Nanshan．The hotel's pastry chef will present Easter chocolate shaped like the famous Angry Bird game character．Made with 100 percent natural vanilla, dark and white coverture chocolate and powdered food colors, this creation takes two days to complete．All ingredients(原料)are handmade．

　　The hotel is offering Easter weekend packages for a delightful stay．A Friday-Saturday stay starts at 1, 496 yuan and includes complimentary breakfast for two and a 45-minute body massage for one．Or check in Saturday and enjoy complimentary Sunday brunch for two people．That package costs 1, 199 yuan．

　　Add：9028-2, Shennan Boulevard, Nanshan District

　　Tel：2698-8888

　　Metro：Window of the world Exit A

　　Special spa offers

　　To welcome Easter, Futian Shangri-La Shenzhen has created two family spa special offers：the Body Treatment Package and the Skin Care Package．They’re available from April to June 30．

　　The Body Treatment Package includes a 60-minute Biodroga Milk-honey Firming Body Wrap and a 60-minute Deluxe Aromatherapy, while the Skin Care Package contains a 90-minute Golden Caviar “Precious” Treatment and a 30-minute Targeted Back Massage．Guests can enjoy these value-added packages with a parent and experience the intimate care of Shangri-La．

　　The Body Treatment Package is offered at 1, 980 yuan(from an original price of 3, 450 yuan)and the Skin Care Package is offered at 2, 180 yuan(from an original price of 3, 680 yuan)．Both packages include welcome herbal tea for two．Prices are subject to a 15-percent service charge and advance reservation is required．

　　Add：4088 Yitian Road, Futian District

　　Tel：8828-4088

　　Metro：Convention and Exhibition Center Station(会展中心站), Exit C

　　Easter weekend

　　Looking for a unique Easter weekend? Follow the Easter Bunny to The Exchange Restaurant at Sheraton Shenzhen Futian Hotel, where you can find all your favorite Easter delicacies and fun．Children can enjoy a special game area and try Egg Painting with our chefs to create their own, unique Easter egg．All the above costs 328 yuan per person, plus a 15 percent service charge．

　　Venue：1/F, Sheraton Shenzhen Futian Hotel

　　Tel：8383-8888 ext．6208

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　　I opened my new patient's chart and headed for her room．My son, Eric, had just brought home a disappointing report card, and my daughter, Shannon, and I had argued again about her getting a driver's license．For the next eight hours I wanted to throw myself into helping people who I knew had much more to worry about than I did．Rebekah mother of three lovely little girls, was only 32, admitted for chemotherapy after breast-cancer surgery, When I gave her an in injection, Rebekah shut her eys tightely and murmured a prayer until it was over．Then she smiled and squeezed my hand．“Before you go, could you get my Bible from the table? " I handed her the worn book．"Do you have a favorite Bible verse? " she asked．"Jesus wept．John 11∶35．" "Such a sad one, " she said．"Why? ""It makes me feel closer to Jesus, knowing he also experienced human sorrow．"　Rebekah nodded thoughtfully and started flipping through her Bible as I shut the door quietly behind me．

　　During the following months, her hospital stays became frequent and she worried about her children．One day when I entered her room, I found her talking into a tape recorder．She picked up a notebook and held it out to me．"I'm making a tape for my daughters, " she said．I read the list on her pad：starting school, confirmation, turning 16, first date, graduation．While I worried how to help her deal with death, she was planning for her children's future．She usually waited until the early hours of the morning to record the tapes so she could be free from interruptions．She filled them with family stories and advice, trying to cram a lifetime of love into a few precious hours．Finally, every item in her notes had been checked off and she entrusted the tapes to her husband．

　　I often wondered what I would say in her place．My kids joked that I was like an FBI agent, with my constant questions about where they'd been and who they'd been with．Where, I thought, are my words of encouragement and love?

　　It was three o'clock one afternoon when I got an urgent call from the hospital．Rebekah wanted me to come immediately with a blank tape．She was breathing hard when I entered her room．I slipped the tape into the recorder and held the microphone to her lips．"Ruthie, Hannah, Molly, this is the most important tape．" She held my hand and closed her eyes．"Someday your daddy will bring home a new mommy．Please make her feel special．Show her how to take care of you．Ruthie, honey, help her get your Brownie uniform ready each Tuesday．Hannah, tell her you don't want meat sauce on your spaghetti．Molly, don't get mad if there's no apple juice．Drink something else．It's okay to be sad, sweeties．Jesus cried too．He knows about sadness and will help you to be happy again．Remember, I'll always love you．I shut off the recorder and Rebekah sighed deeply．"Thank you, Nan, "You'll give this one to them, won't you? " she murmured as she slid into sleep．

　　A time would come when the tape would be played for Rebekah's children, but right then, after I smoothed Rebekah's blanket, I got in my car and hurried home．I thought of how my Shannon also liked her sauce on the side and suddenly that quirk, which had annoyed me so many times, seemed to make her so much more precious．That night the kids didn't go out; they sat with me long after the spaghetti sauce had dried onto the dishes．And we talked, without interrogations, without complaints, late into the night．

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　　Is language, like food, a basic human need? Judging from the extreme experiment of Frederick in the 13th century, it may be．Hoping to discover what language a child would speak if he heard no mother tongue he told the nurses to keep silent．

　　All the babies died before the first year．But clearly there was more than language deprivation(剥夺)．What was missing was good mothering．Without good mothering, in the first year of life especially, the ability to survive is seriously affected．

　　Today no such extreme deprivation exists as that ordered by Frederick．Nevertheless, some children are still backward in speaking．Most often the reason for this is that the mother is insensitive to signals of the baby, whose brain is programmed, to mop up language rapidly．There are critical times, it seems when children learn more rapidly．If these sensitive periods are neglected, the ideal time for acquiring skills passes and they might never be learned so easily again．

　　Linguists suggest that speech milestones are reached in a fixed order and at a constant age, but there are cases where speech has started late in a child who eventually turns out to be of high IQ．

　　Recent evidence suggests that a baby is born with the ability to speak．What is special about man's brain, compared with that of the monkey, is the complex system which enables a child to connect the sight and feel of, say, a teddy bear with the sound pattern “teddy bear”．

　　But speech has to be developed, and this depends on interaction between the mother and the child, where the mother recognizes the signals in the child's babbling, clinging, grasping, crying, smiling, and responds to them．Insensitivity of the mother to these signals reduces the interaction because the child gets discouraged and sends out only the obvious signals．Sensitivity to the child's nonverbal(非语言的)signals is basic to the growth and development of language．

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　　School Groups：＄10.00 per person

　　One free teacher admission per 10 students．

　　Group rates apply to groups 15 or more．

　　Click HERE to make a reservation online today!

　　The Miami Planetarium(天文馆)opened its doors to the public on November 4, 1966 and has entertained and educated children of all ages about astronomy and the wonders of the night sky ever since．The planetarium houses a 65-foot diameter doomed projection screen with 231 seats．

　　At the heart of the Planetarium is a SPITZ “Space Transit Planetarium” star projector(放映机), which is capable of accurately reproducing the stars and planets as seen from anywhere on Earth at any time during the year．Shows daily except Thanksgiving and Christmas Day．Unlike any other in South Florida, the Planetarium is a unique setting for bringing the stars and planets indoors in animated live star shows and music filled laser light shows．

　　The Weintraub Observatory(天文台)houses two powerful telescopes．Observatory hours are from 8∶00p．m．to 10∶00p．m．Look through the telescope to view the planets, the four moons of Jupiter, the rings of Saturn and deep sky objects such as galaxies, nebulas and double stars．

　　Deposit：A ＄ 75 deposit must be received 10 days ahead of the visit date to guarantee your visit．

　　Cancellation Policy：The museum requires 48 hours advance notice prior to any cancellation or other changes to a reservation．Without prior notification the original total will be expected upon arrival．

　　Payment Policy：The balance of the admission fee is due upon arrival at the museum on your visit day．

　　Upon arrival：The leading teacher should check in at the box office with payment for the correct head count of students and teachers．Visitors should remain on the bus until a museum interpreter show you around the museum．

　　Museum Etiquette：We ask that all groups remain together and orderly．Teachers are asked to help maintain order with their groups．We reserve the right to refuse service to any group or individual not obeying the museum policies．

　　Bus procedures：The museum will provide parking for buses in our parking lot．Upon arrival, bus drivers will be directed by the museum staff to the appropriate places to park．It is recommended that buses remain on the spots throughout the group's entire museum visit．

　　For more information ＆ reservations call：(305)646-4222．

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　　Whether we’re 2 years old or 62, our reasons for lying are mostly the same：to get out of trouble, for personal gain and to make ourselves look better in the eyes of others．But a growing body of research is raising questions about how a child's lie is different from an adult's lie, and how the way we deceive changes as we grow．

　　“Parents and teachers who catch their children lying should not be alarmed．Their children are not going to turn out to be abnormal liars, ” says Dr．Lee, a professor at the University of Toronto and director of the Institute of Child Study．He has spent the last 15 years studying how lying changes as kids get older, why some people lie more than others as well as which factors can reduce lying．The fact that children tell lies is a sign that they have reached a new developmental stage．Dr．Lee conducted a series of studies in which they bring children into a lab with hidden cameras．Children and young adults aged 2 to 17 are likely to lie while being told not to look at a toy, which is put behind the child's back．Whether or not the child takes a secret look is caught on tape．

　　For young kids, the desire to cheat is big and 90％ take a secret look in these experiments．When the test-giver returns to the room, the child is asked if he or she looked secretly．At age 2, about a quarter of children will lie and say they didn't．By 3, half of kids will lie, and by 4, that figure is 90％, studies show．

　　Researchers have found that it's kids with better understanding abilities who lie more．That's because to lie you also have to keep the truth in mind, which includes many brain processes, such as combining several sources of information and faking that information．The ability to lie-and lie successfully-is thought to be related to development of brain regions that allow so called “executive functioning”, or higher order thinking and reasoning abilities．Kids who perform better on tests that involve executive functioning also lie more．

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　　For many people, the name Baskin-Robbins is linked to sweet memories of eating ice cream．Irvine Robbins, who helped create this famous company, died in May at the age of ninety．His life's work of making fun and exciting ice cream flavors changed the way Americans enjoy this food．

　　Irvine Robbins opened his first ice cream store in 1945 in California．At the time, there were no stores that sold only ice cream．His sister's husband, Burton Baskin, also opened his own ice cream stores．

　　In 1948 they combined their six stores into one business．Baskin and Robbins realized that they were too busy to operate each store well．So, they decided to sell part of each operation to the manager of that store．This permitted the company to grow quickly．

　　By 1953, they renamed their company Baskin-Robbins．They advertised that they sold 31 kinds of ice cream to show the many choices buyers had．There was one flavor for every day of the month．

　　Robbins and Baskin sold “Lunar Cheesecake” the day after astronauts landed on the moon in 1969．Other flavors included “ChaChaCha”, for cherry chocolate chip, and Robbins' personal favorite “Jamoca Almond Fudge”．They said, “We sell fun, not just ice cream．”

　　By 1967, there were 500 Baskin-Robbins stores in the United States．The business partners sold their company that year．Today, there are more than 5, 800 Baskin-Robbins stores around the world．

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