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...find any pots overflowing with gold in South Boston this Sunday, you will find many a pub overflowing with beer-soaked Bostonians. Festivities accumulate in a Saint Patrick’s Day parade. Join the ranks of bagpipers, local bands, and colorful floats; . FM recommends watching (and drinking) stations near Dorchester...
...Everyone agrees these are terrible statistics, but that hasn't stopped Scottish politicians and other interested parties from bickering like pub drunks over the best way to change the country's dangerous drinking culture. The government, a minority Scottish National Party administration, has found ways to introduce new measures by adapting existing legislation rather than seeking the support of opposition parties for new laws. Key points of the new strategy include the introduction of a minimum unit price of alcohol to stop strong drink from being sold cheaply, along with bans on cut-price promotions favored by supermarkets. Local police...
...That's not as straightforward as it sounds. Habits are influenced by economics - poorer Scots drink more - and the country's bracing northern climate. Northern peoples tend to drink without food, says Paul Waterson, chief executive of the Scottish Licensed Trade Association, which represents pubs, hotels, clubs and other licensees. "Sticking some tables and chairs outside a Scottish pub doesn't mean you'll get southern European drinking." He supports the government's new initiative but adds, "You can't change a culture by law." That's a sobering thought indeed for Scottish legislators...
...laid the groundwork for countless future discoveries in anthropology, psychology, and medicine. Chances are, you found out about Darwin’s birthday well before reading this, because his face has been everywhere this winter, from the cover of National Geographic to the Queen’s Head Pub last month, where drinks were served and gorilla costumes worn in honor of the bicentennial...
...This is also the first year that the Harvard Foundation has organized an after party, which will be open to all Harvard students in the Cambridge Queen’s Head Pub. In addition, the organizers have arranged a food festival in the Science Center which will take place between the afternoon and evening shows. Many of the performing student groups will present ethnic food...