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...years London was a hamburger wasteland. Remember the British take on American diners? Yech. The best most joints could offer was a fatty, premade beef patty lost inside a stale, wan roll. And if the bland, greasy taste didn't drive diners away, mad-cow disease and a backlash against fast food just about wiped hamburgers off London menus. But rejoice, burger lovers: the humble patty on a bun is experiencing a renaissance...
...comfort with an internet connection in every seat Take a Hike Destinations to restore your sense of wonder For years London was a hamburger wasteland. Remember the British take on American diners? Yech. The best most joints could offer was a fatty, premade beef patty lost inside a stale, wan roll. And if the bland, greasy taste didn't drive diners away, mad-cow disease and a backlash against fast food just about wiped hamburgers off London menus. But rejoice, burger lovers: the humble patty on a bun is experiencing a renaissance. Three stylish but casual premium-burger chains...
...bowed out in a three-setter against the No. 4 seed, Mark Barry, of Penn State. Nineteenth seed Chris Clayton and junior Scott Denenberg advanced to the third round, but both fell in straight sets. In the doubles draw, the No. 9 pair of Ermakov and senior Brian Wan defeated the No. 7 pair from Virginia Tech, 8-6, to advance to the quarterfinals. The tournament runs through tomorrow. —REBECCA A. SEESEL
...only has to recall the climactic scene of “Revenge of the Sith” to appropriately sum up its awfulness. Set on a lava-filled planet that looks like the Bowser stage from “Super Mario Bros.,” Obi-Wan (Ewan McGregor) and Anakin (Hayden Christensen) exchange heated words on Anakin’s abrupt switch to the Dark Side. The only thing screenwriter George Lucas can think to give Padme (Natalie Portman ’03) to say at this important moment is, “Anakin, you’re breaking...
Even with its carefully tatty pseudo-documentary air, Working Girls is not novel or shocking. Nor does it astonish in its insights. The transaction between a hooker and a john is not complex. The women are justifiably contemptuous of their clients, who are mostly in wan pursuit of dismal fantasies. To imply that this is a paradigm of the male-female relationship is closer to feminist propaganda than to home truth...