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...good night, or any bad one for that matter, will end in the pub with a pint of Guinness or Bulmer's sublime hard cider. With a pub for every 450 Dubliners, it's hard to go wrong, but two favorites are Thing Mote and the Stag's Head, which, a few years older than the American republic, is a traditional haunt of Trinity College students. Irish music is on tap nightly at O'Donoghue's Bar and the Temple Bar (in the heart of the neighborhood that shares its name), where you can also enjoy a beer garden...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Global Life: Dublin Calling | 9/23/2002 | See Source »

...usually grows no longer than 10 ft. and weighs up to 500 lbs., but what it lacks in size it makes up for in aggressiveness. Experts regard it as the most pugnacious of sharks. It has, according to Robert Hueter, director of the Center of Shark Research at the Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota, Fla., the highest level of testosterone in any animal, including lions and elephants. Its lower spiked teeth are designed to hold prey while the upper triangular serrated teeth gouge out flesh. "The bull is an ambush type of predator, it makes this big mortal wound," says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Can't We Be Friends? | 7/30/2001 | See Source »

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