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Think of a Harvard history professor, and the first thing that comes to mind might be a stodgy, Exeter-bred Brit sporting a tweed jacket, suede elbow patches, and a bowtie. Timothy P. McCarthy ’93, Quincy House tutor and style guru, and Hist. and Lit. and Women, Gender, and Sexuality (WGS) lecturer, offers something totally different. But McCarthy isn’t just revolutionary in his clothing choices. He’s also helping change the way we look at history by teaching a type of course never before available at Harvard...
...people interested," says Roberto Grissiotto, a Torino sales manager for an auto-safety manufacturer. This, added to a general Italian nonchalance, may help explain the lukewarm start to ticket sales: some 30% of the 1 million tickets were still available a week before the torch was to be lit. The city has had to tap public utility sponsors and hold a special national lottery to make up a $77 million shortfall resulting from cost overruns and lower-than-expected government aid in the $1.4 billion operating budget. Security alone is expected to cost more than $120 million to forestall terrorism...
...memory. Not only did the caffeine drinkers perform significantly better than those on placebos (all the subjects were in both the caffeine and the control groups in different rounds of testing), but when the scientists scanned their brains with functional MRIS, the anterior cingular cortex and the frontal lobes lit up with increased activity...
...OLIVE BAR AND KITCHEN In the Bollywood neighborhood of Bandra, Olive, tel: (91-22) 2600 8248, is a hangout for film and cricket stars. Chef Rodney Cabran turns out simple but elegant Mediterranean standards (including pizza with the thinnest crust for thousands of miles), while a low-lit terrace offers an almost Balearic respite from the hustle of Bombay...
...peppered tuna. OLIVE BAR AND KITCHEN In the Bollywood neighborhood of Bandra, Olive, tel: (91-22) 2600 8248, is a hangout for film and cricket stars. Chef Rodney Cabran turns out simple but elegant Mediterranean standards (including pizza with the thinnest crust for thousands of miles), while a low-lit terrace offers an almost Balearic respite from the hustle of Bombay. SEIJO Also in Bandra, Seijo, tel: (91-22) 2640 5555, turns out dishes with a distinctive East Asian accent - dim sum, lobster maki, hoisin duck - and features one of the most reasonably priced (and comprehensive) wine lists in India...