Word: cups
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...make an antihistamine spray seem like a good idea to clear smashed sinuses. Duck Soup is buried in the little jungle of specialty shops on Boylston St., but it's well worth the trouble to find it. And as long as the coffee is only a dime a cup, the prices will be hard to beat...
Compared with government crises in the past, the 19 summit participants labored with uncommon zeal. Outside, chauffeurs of the 19 Alfa 2000s and Fiat 130s lined up along the villa's graveled drive, huddled over radios listening to the Italy-Argentina World Cup football match. Inside, like so many American officials unhappily missing a World Series, the political leaders gathered round a brocade-covered table in the Giulio Romano Room, so named for the artist who painted its frescoes. They did not even break for dinner-an uncommon sacrifice for Italian politicians-but had it boxed in by Rosati...
Raymond Chandler's detective Philip Marlowe once complained that Los Angeles had become "a big hard-boiled city with no more personality than a paper cup." During Marlowe's investigations-adventures that were moral tournaments, really-he had watched the city change. "Los Angeles was just a big dry sunny place with ugly homes and no style, but goodhearted and peaceful," Marlowe thought aloud. "I used to like this town. A long time...
...whole shares something of Dunaway's problem. Get too close to it and the careful illusion breaks down. Polanski and Towne turned out a smart and elegant recreation. But the script also raises moral questions and political implications that are never plumbed at greater than paper-cup depth...
...rowing. There are no weight classes, no barriers to entry, and no end to the prestige that surrounds this race. Held on the Thames annually, it is a top sports and social event. Henley has three racing divisions, and three championships. Harvard will be entered in the Thames Challenge Cup race, scheduled for July...