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...Aussies win this week, the Auld Mug will be ensconced in the Observation Room of the Royal Perth Yacht Club in the state capital of Western Australia. Racing conditions in the Indian Ocean will undoubtedly be far different from those on Rhode Island Sound. Nor is it likely that the hearty and hail fellow atmosphere of Perth will lure the well-heeled international crowds that Newport has attracted. This year's epic contest has already irrevocably changed America's Cup racing. Clearly, future challengers will concentrate on technology as they have not done in the past. While...
Such foul-weather forecasts have rattled Newport before. Yet ever since they first wrested the old silver mug from a fleet of the best yachts the British could muster in 1851, the Yankee sailors have somehow managed to beat off all comers. What is different about this America's Cup summer is not that the Americans have slipped, but that the competition has got noticeably better, especially the yachtsmen from Down Under...
Charlie's Kitchen (10 Eliot St.): Charlie gives you a choice between bars in his two-floor emporium, but undoubtedly it's the food that brings most students to this Brattle Square watering hole. The infamous double cheeseburger special ($2.85) is particular noteworthy. With or without that delicacy, a mug of domestic beer goes below $1 at both bars, each of which sports a jukebox and color television...
...according to one local magazine). Ha' Penny resembles a London pub. It also offers the most diverse clientele of any bar in the Square: you will probably sit between a construction worker on break from the subway construction and a faculty members reading. The Icemen Cometh A 12-oz mug of draft goes for a buck and bartenders pour some of the strongest mixed drinks in the area, starting...
...underrated gem. Tommy's just down Mt. Auburn St., is every bit the venerable institution, having served pinball-players and procrastinators for over 25 years now. The cheese steak sub is marvelous at 1 a.m. With these two stalwarts in tow, you'll find little reason to check out Mug and Muffin over the summer, except perhaps for a bagel or blueberry muffin for breakfast...