Word: quainted
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...right. To wit, this famous soliloquy that a world-class playwright wrought for a moody Scandinavian scion: "Living or not living: that is what I ask." Or an alcoholic bard's notoriously rhythmical night thoughts: "'Twas upon a midnight tristful I sat poring, wan and wistful/ Through many a quaint and curious list full of my consorts slain." A mournful coda follows: "Quoth that Black Bird, 'Not again...
Harvard Square, once a bastion of alternativism, quaint shops and inexpensive restaurants, is now being gentrified...
Perry says that people who typically like the quaint, friendly atmosphere of some of the small eating establishments in the Square should not be deterred by the large chains...
...Brattle development became reality three years ago, various chains have made inroads into the Square, and historic institutions like Elsie's sandwich shop, a 30-year fixture, have quietly gone out of business. Harvard Square has become, in some ways, more like an open-air mall than a quaint shopping district, and that worries traditionalists...
Allies of the Fund might argue that the free market can make mistakes. Without the Fund, they say in impassioned tones, Cambridge will lose the stores that make it so distinctive and unique. The Gap will expand to take over The Coop. Unique bookstores and quaint coffee houses will be replaced by the terror of all terrors: McDonald's (And this would be a bad thing...