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Like the Brewery, Gentree is a new bar trying to make it with the college crowd. But Gentree goes after its clientele with a little more subtlety. Recline with a banana daquiri and soak up the mellow atmosphere. If you feel rowdy. Gentree can still accommodate you. Try a full liter "Gusto" mug of draught beer. The food is inexpensive and pretty good. Try the spicy nachos...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Slaking a Connecticut Thirst | 11/19/1981 | See Source »

...something is wrong here: They're actually playing baseball. Now, for those of you who don't know, baseball is a summer sport. It's meant to be played on warm, sunny afternoons when you can take a picnic lunch to the field, soak up some sun and cheer on your favorite team...

Author: By Burton F. Jablin, | Title: Baseball on the Gridiron | 10/29/1981 | See Source »

...walled ballroom of the Hotel Savery. The subsidized tuition is a modest $95, described by Party Political Director Ann Lewis as "low enough to attract, but high enough to require serious commitment. Lewis is delighted that 240 "students," a third of them women, have come from 30 states to soak up from the pros the fine points of campaign organization, fund raising, canvassing and media exploitation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Des Moines: Cram Course for Pols | 10/19/1981 | See Source »

...foreign counsel, SAMA is now feverishly training a cadre of young Arab moneymen. Boot-camp is the Saudi International Bank in London, owned by SAMA and six of the world's leading financial institutions, including Banque Nationale de Paris and the Bank of Tokyo. The apprentice Saudi bankers soak up seasoning from their more experienced colleagues and practice their skills by helping to manage the bank's $1.2 billion loan portfolio...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Squirreling Away $100 Billion | 7/13/1981 | See Source »

...reassembled talents of Camelot labored over a text for him. Then he went on national television to take the responsibility of a young woman's death unto himself but also, simultaneously, to leave himself in a state of dazed blamelessness. His biggest mistake-all penitents beware-was to soak the speech in a disagreeable self-pity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Why and When and Whether to Confess | 5/18/1981 | See Source »

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