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...consensus among local residents,” but such licenses cannot be transferred or traded. Several councillors argued that this system was well suited for solving the problems Cambridge faced 20 years ago but is now stifling the city. “Harvard Square used to be barroom after barroom after barroom....It was a lot of trouble,” said Councillor Michael A. Sullivan. “We’ve eliminated that trouble, but we’ve also eliminated the entertainment.” Mayor Kenneth E. Reeves ’72 emphasized the importance...
...Schreurs. That's the sort of culinary chatter you might expect to hear in the world's dining capitals - but Koh Samui? Once upon a time, the only foods associated with this backpacker destination were hallucinogenic-mushroom omelettes, street-corner noodles and [an error occurred while processing this directive] barroom burgers. But today, the island off Thailand's east coast is heading upmarket. Slick new resorts are luring older, more affluent travelers, and in their wake has come an army of chefs and entrepreneurs, hoping to cash in. "Four to five years ago there were 20 [quality] restaurants here," says...
...hate, to beat, to kill. From Mi>Vengeance Is Mine!: "I loved to shoot killers. I couldn't think of anything I'd rather do than shoot a killer and watch his blood trace a slimy path across the floor." The fights he gets into are manuals for barroom brawlers. Here's a how-to from My Gun Is Quick: "I jammed four big, stiff fingers into his gut right above the navel and he snapped shut like a jackknife. I opened him up again with an openhanded slap that left a blush across his mouth that was going...
...theme song said. Paladin was a good guy who dressed in black, dispensing bullets, beatings and quotes from Shakespeare with equal facility. As incarnated by Richard Boone, whose dandyish mustache and amused baritone voice lent ironic counterpoint to a face that looked as if it had just lost six barroom brawls, Paladin was the hired gun as moral arbiter. He needed no supporting cast to cheer on or question his decisions; he already had the writers and directors to make this series the best in the West...
...baseball player and contract killer who swings a deadly bat. That these and other characters do not have much to do with the story of Dolores and Owney is not so noticeable as one might imagine. Breslin puts a lot of life on the page. Like a good barroom storyteller, he can make you miss your bus with one more for the road. --By R.Z. Sheppard