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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...emerging trends. It takes us longer to receive University mail, hear gossip and contract flu epidemics that strike the River weeks before. When things eventually arrive on our distant shores, they are never quite the same as the original product. For example, Temple Bar can't compare to Grafton Street any better than Euro Disney can compete with prototype theme-parks in Anaheim or Orlando. Maybe this copy-phenomenon explains our latent insecurities, which oftentimes induce an inferiority complex hidden by rampant self-justification or over-inflated egos (as exhibited in this article). Like the Academie Francaise, clinging...

Author: By Shara R. Kay, | Title: Abroad in the Quad | 3/25/1999 | See Source »

With a sacrilegious name and Irish boozing game, this Grafton Street cousin lounges on the Mass Ave. strip between Starbucks and Porter, luring Quadlings with gourmet Chicken Lamesa Pizza ($11.95) and chocolate Stoli martinis...

Author: By Sarah L. Gore, | Title: TEMPLE BAR NOT TOO FAR | 3/25/1999 | See Source »

Next stop: Grafton. Order your Mom a fancy $12 mixed drink, Schmooze with he B-school elite. To cap off the evening, take the whole family to your final club of choice. If you've got a sister, make sure she's appropriately attired--I recommend tight and revealing. Once the whole clan is sufficiently sloshed, stumble back onto the streets of Gambridge, wander back to your dorm room, wake up all your roommates, and pass out on the floor. In the morning, when their hangovers wear off, your parents will thank you. You will have treated them...

Author: By Noah Oppenheim, | Title: Don't Pull the Wool Over Mom's Eyes | 3/5/1999 | See Source »

When asked to describe the future of the Kong, Paul is cautious. "I wouldn't rule anything out," he informs us before pausing to think. "Windows," he suddenly announces. "People really like windows. They like sitting near them and looking out. Just check out Grafton and that new Temple Bar. You need the windows." Sen would be proud...

Author: By Jonathan S. Paul, | Title: THE HONG KONG AN ORAL HISTORY | 2/25/1999 | See Source »

...lighting the thing up, with my luck, my scarf would catch fire as I would be trying to run away from the scene of the crime. In addition, all of my closest friends, my favorite TF's, my mother, my grandmother and my hairstylist would be coming out of Grafton Street just in time to see me and scream, "Hey, Sarah! Why's your scarf on fire...

Author: By Sarah A. Rodriguez, | Title: Fantasizing About Infamy | 2/22/1999 | See Source »

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