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...Baking in the midday sun, marijuana bushes the size of a man give off the same dank stench that permeates hip parties from New York City to New South Wales. For the decade before the Soviet army invaded in 1979, the teahouses of Afghanistan were the toking tourist's hangout of choice. And even during 23 years of war, when the Afghans fought the Soviets and then one another, the hash trade thrived. "Afghan black" remained a staple sale for cannabis dealers across the world. Mazar-i-Sharif gave its name to a particularly potent variety. And last year...
Chen used to spend his evenings in the corners of Shanghai's cheapest bars, whiling away the hours with his Sprite-and-beer shandies and a stack of car magazines. But last September, the 20-year-old engineering major discovered a new hangout. Ascending a narrow staircase to a windowless room, he found a place near several other men sitting alone, obscured by clouds of cigarette smoke. Chen (he declines to give his full name) is now devoted to this Internet cafe. In May he spent 32 hours straight here, working his way through six packs of Double Happiness cigarettes...
...company. But last September, the 20-year-old engineering major decided to break with routine. He bypassed his usual watering hole and climbed a narrow staircase to a windowless room. There, too, the men were sitting alone, obscured by clouds of cheap cigarette smoke. Chen had found a new hangout. In late May, he spent 32 hours straight in the illegal Internet caf?, working his way through six packs of Double Happiness cigarettes and relieving himself in a bucket by the stairs. "When our parents were young, they spent their spare time in Communist Youth League meetings," says Chen, eyelids...
...Class of 2002 had arrived after the demise of the Square’s famed hamburger eatery, The Tastee. But soon The Bow and Arrow and even the Baskin Robbins that appeared in the movie disappeared. The past four years also saw the demise of that favorite first-year hangout, the Crimson Sports Grille, yuppie Grafton Street, and the pan-Asian restaurant Ma Soba. In the mean time, the Square has witnessed the arrival of Abercrombie & Fitch, Pacific Sunwear, Daedalus and Peet’s Coffee House. Soon Harvard Square will see the phoenix-like reappearance of Grafton Street...
...They cater to a different clientele,” he said. “The fact that Redline is nearer to the Business and Kennedy Schools makes it more of a local’s hangout than the prominently located Grafton...