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Football games between Harvard and Boston University are beginning to get a nasty reputation around town these days. As in recent years, fans who witnessed Saturday's matchup needed some No-Doz and a packet of Alka Seltzer to survive the game at Soldier's Field which saw Harvard lose...
...rich can jump through loopholes like trained acrobats, a businessman can go to the plushest restaurant in El Paso with a friend and after three courses and two drinks apiece write the whole thing off as tax deductible. Well that's great for him, his friend and the Alka-Seltzer people...
...trifling desserts. Although chefs are not touted on the marquee, the quality of the food, say theater owners, is crucial. "You could do a staggering production of Showboat," says Play Packager John Bowab, "but if there is a guy sitting there for two hours wishing he had an Alka-Seltzer, you're dead...
...Nothing and everything," Holmes assured him. "The white rim of Alka-Seltzer around your lips informs me of your gastric distress; the dark circles under your eyes broadcast sleeplessness; the shiny knees of your trousers bespeak prayer in the office...
This year could change the trend. I haven't even gone out for Alka-Seltzer for the Sunday morning aftermath. And from the way things have been going this year in the Ivy League, the time seems ripe for a new script...