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...notes, of Bill Cosby, who courted his wife at Ben's. Another great eatery is Love Cafe (1501 U), a coffeehouse that gets its sweets from the bakery across the street. For dinner, try Rice, a Thai restaurant at 1608 14th Street, or Opera, at 1324 U, for upscale Italian (Wednesday through Saturday only). Another fine option is one of the area's many Ethiopian restaurants, such as Dukem...
...military procurement, but the Pentagon, under pressure to buy more efficiently, has opened bidding beyond U.S. borders--and foreigners are piling in. The Colt handgun, first used by the U.S. military in the Mexican-American War of 1846, has been replaced as standard-issue infantry gear by an Italian-designed Beretta. A Brazilian-made Embraer surveillance plane will soon patrol battlefields for the Army rather than a Gulfstream jet produced in Savannah, Ga. Britain's BAE Systems contributes avionics to the F-16, F-18 and F-117 bombers. Rolls-Royce, the British aircraft-engine maker, does more business with...
Then there is the recent contest to build Marine One, the President's helicopter. For the first time, the Pentagon has decided not to buy from Connecticut's Sikorsky Aircraft Co., instead choosing an Anglo-Italian chopper that initially will be made in Europe by a consortium of firms in partnership with Maryland's Lockheed Martin. "The Marine One decision was highly symbolic," admits John Douglass, president of the Aerospace Industries Association, a U.S. trade group. "It showed that foreign companies can compete and win on the most sensitive programs...
...wines, homogenized for simple American taste buds. To purists, a wine's flavors should be determined by terroir--the taste of the land where the grapes grow, the minerals in the soil, the amount of sun, wind and rain to which the grapes are exposed. "Authenticity is important," says Italian enologist Stefano Chioccioli. "We already have China invading us with products with no history. Wine is the fruit of man, but it is connected to the terroir. It is important to maintain that sense of differentiation." It's not that the best French Burgundies and California Cabernets are losing their...
...book burnings. Nor does he indicate that Harvard police ripped down anti-Nazi fliers activists posted in the Yard, or that then-University President James B. Conant ’14 ridiculed those arrested for protesting against Hitler in Harvard Square. Shortly afterward, Conant officially welcomed a delegation of Italian fascist students to Harvard. The Crimson proposed that Harvard award Hanfstaengl an honorary degree...