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...Early means on-time, and on-time means a half-hour wait. I had heard nothing about Shabu Square when I decided to write them up, but the concept sounded like a great time: traditional shabu-shabu is thinly sliced raw beef and vegetables that are swished in a pot of tableside, simmering broth and then dunked in ponzu, a sesame-based sauce. Fun, right? And right here in Harvard Square. So I invited lots of friends and made a reservation for 10 at 7 p.m. Four of us walked in at 7 p.m., maybe a minute or two after...
...Life. "And I would say I don't need religion to answer those questions. Regarding origins, I think you can say [they are all wrong.] The world was not created in six days and God rested on the seventh. It was not created in the churnng of a giant pot. Or the sparks unleashed by the udders of a giant cow against the boulders of a a gigantic chasm. And regarding 'how shall we live,' I don't want answers that come from some priest." (Read "Salman Rushdie, Asian Hero...
...like the kind of people we meet in Paris, in Hong Kong, in the Middle East: difficult to place and connected to everywhere. Like the air of his home island (not really Eastern or Western, but a vibrant mingling of the two), he spoke for the dawning global melting pot of today. (See pictures of Barack Obama's family tree...
Sixty-five percent of Massachusetts voters cast their ballots in favor of decriminalizing possession of less than 1 oz. of marijuana. Possession of small quantities of pot will now be punishable by a $100 civil fine. Backers of the initiative said the goal was to match the offense with a more appropriate punishment, but critics, including the state's attorney general and Governor Deval Patrick, worry that decriminalizing possession will increase drug consumption and possibly lead to more automobile and workplace accidents by people under the influence...
...vanished in a foam of contingency. He has promised to end the war in Iraq responsibly, but the tension between end and responsibility tightens now. He voted for the $700 billion Wall Street bailout, but there are bound to be far more claims on that pot than there is money available in it, and the three months between now and Inauguration Day are not likely to be kind to the new kid. Obama has been cautious at every turn not to commit himself to too many details. But he has made a lot of promises of his own. Clinton...