In a 99-cent AriZona Iced Tea can, echoes of childhood autonomy and fleeting freedoms

The 99-cent AriZona Iced Tea can is discussed as a cultural symbol representing childhood autonomy and simple pleasures.
NEW YORK (AP) — Four quarters used to buy a can of AriZona Iced Tea. You’d crack it open and savor the artificially flavored, high-fructose-corn-syrup-sweetened drink between fits of giggling on the walk home from school. For some, the can symbolized childhood autonomy. It was among the first solo purchases a kid made or a […]
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