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...still can't get over the price Singha charges for a mere bowl of rice ($1!!!). But even with the rice-inflated check, the putrid decor, and the occasional unsatisfactory dish, Singha House is more than good enough for Harvard Square's low cuisine standards...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rice, Rice, Maybe | 11/4/1993 | See Source »

Watching a putrid diesel bus slowly slogging along under unused electrical tram wires has to be one of the most existentially challenging situations in life. You could move into the "fast" lane to add a few years to your life, but then you'd be stuck behind legions of losers trying to turn left. Somehow, those canny Cambridge traffic controllers never figured that turn arrows at intersections could save people a lot of aggravation. So you resign yourself to a slightly shorter ride in a continuous cloud of instant smog...

Author: By Daniel Altman, | Title: Don't Leave Home--If You're Not in a Tank | 8/10/1993 | See Source »

...city can afford a commissioner of animal rights. The human animals who live around the Square also have rights--like the right to breathe something better than the putrid miasma of exhaust and New Age incense that is our local atmosphere. When Li and I finish rolling over the alcinheads, we will stage our own "Monster Tank Rally" and crush the offending cabs...

Author: By Ben Heller, | Title: A Modest Plan for Square Reform | 2/6/1993 | See Source »

...barns are lined with small, hay-filled, putrid-smelling stalls with "meuh"-ing cows. Inside a big auditorium, the farmers judge the bovine beasts on muscle tone and udder size. Outside, the opportunists hawk cheap jewelry and miracle carpet cleaner from makeshift booths. Kids get sick from the rollercoaster ride whizzing in circles and blasting loud rock music. It's dirty and confusing. And nobody speaks English for any tourist's benefit...

Author: By Joanna M. Weiss, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Quasi-Euro Old Quebec: Tacky Theme-Park City | 3/2/1992 | See Source »

...about wretched people. "Love" never enters into it. This "family" would probably benefit from nice, Kramer-style divorce. And as for the American Sitcom, this show represents everything that is mediocre--no, reprehensible--about the drivel that nightly spews from our television sets. It is the dry heaves, the putrid bile that remains after Roseanne purges her undigested pop culture...

Author: By Brian R. Hecht, | Title: Rosanne's Vomit | 10/9/1991 | See Source »

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