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...destruction together in Manila, they were partying, say Philippine intelligence agents. Mohammed took up with a bar girl he met at the Cotton Candy Club. Later he hired a helicopter and pilot to impress a female dentist he was courting. Yousef and Mohammed took their girlfriends scuba diving at beach resorts, but Mohammed remained an enigma even to the women he dated. None suspected that Mohammed, who passed himself off as a Saudi plywood exporter, was the leader of a radical Islamic cell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Al-Qaeda: Architect Of Terror | 3/10/2003 | See Source »

Floating Rock, a seemingly nondescript Cambodian restaurant, is just this type of place. Located in uninspiring Revere Beach, a short ride up the blue line, Floating Rock is a true hole-in-the-wall. The single room features Formica tabletops and little in the way of decor, though loud Cambodian pop music sets a certain atmosphere. Whatever is lacking in ambiance, however, the restaurant more than compensates for with the menu. The food is so alive, so bursting with flavor, that all else is forgiven. Eating at Floating Rock is a strange and wonderful journey into a cuisine that...

Author: By Helen Springut, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Rock Solid | 3/6/2003 | See Source »

Made famous by the memorable beach scene in From Here to Eternity which locks actors Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr in a sandy embrace, the screenwriter was a master at adapting literature to the screen...

Author: By Emily S. High, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Screenwriter, Harvard Grad Dies at 90 | 3/6/2003 | See Source »

...from the radiant Cambridge sun? Well-informed fake bakers know that Sun City, just above Chili’s, is the best thing to happen to Harvard Square since Origins. Elvis, the good-natured proprietor, will even turn down the techno if you ask nicely. Experts say that Boston Beach Club in the Porter Exchange Mall is best avoided, but if you’re shopping on Newbury, Tan-o-Rama on the corner of Mass. Ave is a basement haven...

Author: By Irin Carmon, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The FM Guide to Being a Princess | 3/6/2003 | See Source »

...card will carry personal information about the holder, including at least one form of biometric data, probably fingerprints. "We think a national approach is best rather than each port or state developing its own system," says Don Wylie, managing director of maritime services at the Long Beach port. The new system will standardize the background checks that some transportation workers already undergo. But objections are brewing. Nobody's enthused about the government having a database of their personal information, and the TSA fears the new card will be seen as a test run for a national ID card, a controversial...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Carding The Truckers | 3/3/2003 | See Source »

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