Word: pubbing
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...geopolitical dimwit, but he is extraordinarily shrewd when it comes to his own career in the restaurant business. He's an expert listener, overhearing conversations that enable him to rub off his rough edges and advance his interests. He begins as a waiter in a provincial pub and moves on to a posh Prague restaurant, then to service in a high-end spa. That establishment becomes a camp full of often naked Nazi boys and girls, earnestly attempting to create a genetically perfected Master Race. In time, as the war goes badly for the Germans, it becomes a military hospital...
...cultural export. Today, you won't find too many Icelanders moaning so publicly about their dark, isolated lot in life. But you will find the spots where Hlynur and his friends live out their days of beer, cigarettes and one-night stands. Chief among them is Kaffibarinn, the pub at the fulcrum of the movie's social world, which still challenges its guests to hone the skill of keeping a full pint from spilling in a swaying crowd. By day, twentysomethings sporting hoodies and complicated haircuts tap away on laptops next to pots of muddy coffee. At night, they reconvene...
...said drew more than 10,000 fans of the show to this city of about 75,000; the Today Show's Al Roker gave the weather report direct from the University of Scranton during the event. The bureau has just launched an official Office tour, featuring Poor Richard's Pub and other locations mentioned in the show. "It is still amazing to me how much press this has generated for us," says Tracy Barone, executive director of the Lackawanna County Convention and Visitors Bureau. "If it's been mentioned on The Office, people want to come...
When I left the pub that second time, I was much more sober. I knew I had to get over my bouts of disenchantment with Portland and accept my roots, because, no matter how wispy, they’re what constitute my past...
...actor who plays a trainee wizard in the forthcoming Harry Potter movie, and who was reportedly killed defending his brother in a brawl over a stolen mobile phone. On July 1 hundreds of demonstrators marched through Islington, Hackney's neighboring borough, to protest the knifing outside a local pub of 16-year-old Ben Kinsella, a straight-A student whose sister starred in a popular TV soap opera. Nine days later, four Londoners were knifed to death in separate incidents during the same 24-hour period, among them Melvin Bryan, who would have celebrated his 19th birthday two days later...