Word: blasting
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...Then there is the vile “Adidas Originals” store (1270 Mass. Ave.), a telling example of the dross that has infiltrated the Square. Blast some loud music, gut your elegant digs, and replace them with a first floor redone in concrete, dismal lighting, exposed piping, and sparse décor: It is a contrived approximation of what is taken to be Cambridge’s flavor...
...Tasting notes: LOSSIVEIN '85 Pure blueberry, drunk slightly chilled. The best of the new generation of drier wines, recommended as an accompaniment to a hearty meal of game. It is also used as communion wine in local Protestant churches. Color: cheerful Beaujolais red Nose: syrupy Palate: once the initial blast of pure alcohol wears off, succulent blueberry POLTSAMAA TOMMU '94-'96 Black currant that's been maturing for a decade. This and an aged apple variant are prestige wines served on special occasions. Color: dark and opaque red, like a strong Hungarian vintage Nose: smoky black currant Palate: first impression...
...Lahoud won his extra three years anyway, setting Lebanon on a perilous path of confrontation between allies of Syria and its opponents that led to Hariri's murder in a massive bomb blast five months later. And two years on, that confrontation appears to still be taking a deadly toll. Gemayel's murder has brought Lebanon's Western-backed government dangerously close to collapse. Six pro-Syrian Shi'ite ministers quit the 24-member coalition cabinet a week ago after their bid for extra seats that would give them a veto-wielding one-third stake in the government was rebuffed...
...anyway.“All my friends are going to be there,” Liquado said.But at Harvard, concern over Yalies’ enthusiasm—or lack thereof—remains minimal.“Honestly I feel like we’re going to have a blast and if they don’t come there will just be more room for us to spread out,” said Tessa C. Petrich ’07, a member of the tailgate advisory committee and the organizer of the joint tailgate of the Isis and Fox clubs...
...Jong Il's nuclear blast in North Korea signaled an unsettling new era in the nuclear-arms race. The rules of the cold war have been replaced with a crude survival-of-the-fittest code. Many readers blamed the U.S. for misplaced attention on Iraq, allowing the North Korean threat to increase...