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...bypass the architectural delights of the Alewife T Station, a building designed with such warmth and tenderness that it would have felt happily at home in Stalin’s USSR. A gargantuan neon sign welcomes visitors to the bowlers’ paradise where for $7 one can bowl two games in a pair of rented shoes that would make the girls from “Sex in the City” green with envy...
...What if the person before me, you know, had really gross feet?”). It was hard to argue with such impeccable logic. She ultimately relented, though, successfully persuaded by the charming, if gruff, attendant that no, it would not be acceptable for her to bowl in socks. No, not even if they were from Barney?...
Lately, we’ve seen a remarkable new trend of increasingly invasive ads, and in light of the Super Bowl and the current winter Olympics—which once again has been a euphoric corporate “sell-a-thon”—now is as good a time as ever to try to arrest what is quickly becoming a pressing social issue...
...musical guest portion of the show. In fact, it seems quite often now we’re seeing television segments being awarded special sponsors. Indeed sports programs no longer have halftime shows; they have the “Prudential Halftime Report.” Even the Super Bowl coin toss had a corporate tagline...
...here's a confession; I winced during much of the Super Bowl show, larded with homages to the armed forces and heroes of September. Everyone sentient understands that in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks last year, an outpouring of patriotic zeal was natural, healthy and necessary. But nearly six months later, the flag seems to be even more visible. It wraps the Administration's budget; it waves at us from the crawls of the 24-hr. news networks; it's being hawked by street vendors in a hundred different pin designs. And if the initial TV coverage...