Word: bouncers
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Packs of undergraduates slurp their Scorpion Bowls, while townies in the next booth dig into plates of chow mein and sweet and sour fish. A burly Cambridge police officer lingers by the door as an even burlier bouncer blocks the main entrance, scrutinizing questionable ID holograms under dim yellowish foyer lighting. Keeping a vigilant eye on all aspects of food and bar service, owner Paul Lee slips with discreet authority from the main-floor restaurant to the bar and dance floor on the upper levels. The raucous laughter of drunken college students and the thumping rhythms of Beyoncé form...
...lose. We have to say strict,” he says. Throughout the course of the night, several students are reluctantly removed from HSU for drinking without wristbands. “It’s a mistake!” one forcefully claims as he is led by burly bouncers down Europa’s steep staircase entrance and out the door. One bouncer replies, “You took a chance and you lost.” Frumin grins...
...crowd trickles slowly into the Jetsonian dance area, immersed in the ambience of DMX’s “Party Up.” Leaving the Matrix, Frumin notices yet another underage patron, this one dressed in a fishnet top and tight black pants, in trouble with a bouncer. “I’m telling the truth,” she pleads. “My boyfriend took my backup [ID] inside.” The bouncer threatens to call the police, and she backs down...
...dance floor, according to bouncer Tony John, the party was uneventful...
...Likewise, by the end of next year, Lush plans to open an additional 100 stores worldwide, but only 15 of them will be in the U.S. "To keep the buzz," Wolverton says, "our strategy is to be slightly harder to get." He's using the marketing equivalent of a bouncer--increase access too much, and the appeal is gone--but as any good nightclub owner knows, it's hard to stay hip for long...