Deal with hardness by putting the container in the refrigerator to soften the ice cream gently before scooping, or carefully microwave for a few seconds on low, just as you would for ultrarich super-premium ice creams from the supermarket.

Meronyms: Alos, Aulus-les-Bains, Biert, Boussenac, Castillon-en-Couserans, Couflens, Engomer, Encourtiech, Lacourt, Lorp-Sentaraille, Massat, Montjoie-en-Couserans, Oust, Rivèrenert, Saint-Girons, Saint-Lizier, Seix, Sentein, Soueix-Rogalle

Pointing to the great pains the government has taken to assure that every community in Taiwan has at least one telephone, Lien said that in one case, the Taiwan Telecommunications Administration spent NT$13 million (US$325,000) to have a telephone booth installed in a remote village on Lanyu (Orchid Island) off the coast of eastern Taiwan.

While I never shunned my Aspieness, I tried to be clever about how and when to let my AS out and about.