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Boston does barbecue<br />

Blue-Ribbon Bar-B-Q may survive in Massachusetts, but would it satisfy real connoisseurs? To find out, EUGENE MAR headed out to Arlington with three Texans and a couple of Oklahomans to find out.

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Vino & Veritas: Pouring pinot down the drain<br />

Great pinot noir can be exceptional, but MICHAEL CHAISANGUANTHUM writes that sub-par pinot is destined for the sink. Meanwhile, DUNCAN CROSBY prefers to focus on something even more important than wine. . . . the correct pronunciation of coupon.

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Making light of the law<br />

So should you go to Trial By Jury, the latest production from the Law School's Drama Society? Why not? After all, it's not too bad and it is only 45 minutes.

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Banal Attraction<br />

"If you think "The Rules of Attraction" is a light-hearted teen comedy about the craziness of college life, you are sorely mistaken. Based on a novel by Bret Easton Ellis (author of "American Psycho"), "The Rules of Attraction" is a dark drama with a few very funny scenes," TRACY CONN writes.

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A Tribute to Tim White<br />

Last week's star-studded tribute to the late Billboard Magazine editor Timothy White at the FleetCenter provided both a sensitive remembrance of one of rock journalism's greatest names and, incidentally, an impressive romp through a catalogue of classic songs.

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Fenno: Interview season<br />

"On-campus interviews" apparently means "off-campus interviews," particularly when it starts to pour. Fenno wasn't feeling so all-powerful when he arrived at the Charles half an hour later looking like a drowned rat with dress shoes shrink-wrapped to his feet.

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Fancy! Beantown’s finest restaurants<br />

JUSTIN OSOFSKY heads over the river to check out those places where you'll want to dine when it's on someone else's dime. From L'Espalier to Hamersley's Bistro, The RECORD's got Boston's best restaurants.

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Section Showdown!<br />

At last Saturday's HL Central sponsored Battle of the 1L Sections, it was not all about relay races and testosterone filled competition. . . . It was also about beer, food, and ballon popping.

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It’s George W., not Adolf<br />

Comparing Bush to Hitler? ALEX GORDON has little patience for German comparisons. Maybe, he writes, Germany should check up on its own history before resorting to America bashing as a campaign ploy.

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The 1L Experience: Invasion of the suits<br />

So why are there suits everywhere? "Because it's just for one summer. Because it's only a few years. Just until the loans are paid off. Only until I make partner. Just until I can retire. Only until the day that I die. It can't be that bad. Everyone does it," JEREMEY BLACHMAN writes.

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Columbia prof. discusses war on terror paranoia<br />

Speaking to over 50 students and guests who had assembled for the first Saturday School Program this year, Patricia Williams of Columbia Law School urged her audience to reject the argument that terrorist suspects should not be given the best defense because, as some have argued, they will end up in Florida playing golf with O.J. Simpson.