Word: barring
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Others stressed the social side of the local institution. Freida D. Marsh, who tends bar at Connolly's talked about its inviting atmosphere...
...tyranny ever known to man. When I asked Gorbachev's former top economic adviser, Stanislav Shatalin, why Russia did not just carbon-copy all the Czech commercial and tax codes, instead of endlessly debating how to reinvent the wheel, he replied, "Because the Czechs solve their differences in a bar over a beer, while we use knives...
...FRANCISCO: The governors were at the Internet gates this week, trying to sink their tax fangs into the smooth young neck of online commerce. And who should bar the door but President Clinton, who with a single speech ended months of hedging and called for passage this year of the Internet Tax Freedom Act, which would impose a moratorium of up to five years on new taxes on electronic commerce and the Internet...
Located on a rather unpopulated block of Commonwealth Ave in Brighton, Tasca is a welcome newcomer to the Spanish/Tapas bar scene. It has all the romance of Dali without so much of the cumbersome packaging. Tasca has more refined, subtler decor, no interminable waits, and prices that will allow you to leave with enough cash for a comfy cab ride home. On top of it all, the food is simple and delicious...
Tasca's entrance and bar area convey smoky romance with a strong yuppie aesthetic--chrome barstools, elegant rows of glasses suspended from the ceiling, mirrors backing the bottles of alcohol. Wrought-iron chandeliers, hanging wine-racks, ceramic plates, and brass skillets liven the dining room. The cozy booths--far more intimate than the tables in the middle of the room--are covered with brocades of little sailboats and flowers. Sailboats seem to be a prominent decor theme at Tasca, perhaps a reference to the excellent seafood selection. A ubiquitous European-atmosphere-engendering Gypsy Kings album plays in the background...