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Witness the triumverate of successful restaurants that have sprung from the fabulously popular Inman eatery, Dali: Tapeo, Cuchi-Cuchi, and Solea borrow the well-tested formula of reliably good tapas, lethal sangria, and a sequins-and-boas atmosphere. However, in the time it takes to get to the top of the wait list at Dali, you can easily be halfway through your Spanish feast at Tapeo...

Author: By Mollie H. Chen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Almost Famous | 5/5/2005 | See Source »

...spicier. However, Oppenheimer’s workaholic tendencies didn’t assuage his head tutor, who chided him on his poor lab skills. In revenge, Robert left the tutor an apple laced with chemicals. Bird and Sherwin speculate that the chemicals were probably non-lethal, but Oppenheimer still faced expulsion from the university. Only the persuasion of his father and a promise to see a psychiatrist saved...

Author: By David Zhou, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: BOOKENDS: ‘Forgetful Prof Parks Girl, Takes Self Home’ | 5/4/2005 | See Source »

...small, unmanned vehicle barreled on minitank tracks across the tarmac, looking more like a playground toy than a sophisticated and lethal weapon of war. But as its six high-powered cameras and thermal-imaging night sight scanned the crowd and its menacing M-249 machine gun turned in search of targets, soldiers and civilians nervously scattered out of its path, just in case...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Playdate for the Pentagon | 5/2/2005 | See Source »

...with communists. As an effort to prove that he had been a party member, much less one involved in espionage, the inquest was a failure. Its real purpose was larger, however: to punish the most prominent American critic of the U.S. move from atomic weapons to the much more lethal hydrogen bomb...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Atomic Meltdown | 5/1/2005 | See Source »

After the war, when he moved to the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, N.J., Oppenheimer made powerful enemies with his stance against the hydrogen bomb, including Lewis Strauss, chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC). A ferocious advocate of the hydrogen bomb, Strauss set in motion the lethal chain of events that led to the hearing on Oppenheimer's fitness to hold a security clearance. The FBI put illegal taps on Oppenheimer's phones and planted bugs at his home and Princeton office. As a basis for its most serious charge, that Oppenheimer had been a secret party member...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Atomic Meltdown | 5/1/2005 | See Source »

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