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...friend of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's and Vice President Dick Cheney's. Panel member Henry Rowen, a Hoover Institution scholar and former Rand Corp. president, worked under Cheney at the Pentagon during the first Gulf War. In September 1990, with Cheney's backing, Rowen cooked up Operation Scorpion, a secret plan to invade Iraq from the west, go all the way to Baghdad and topple Saddam. (The plan went nowhere.) Another panel member, former CIA deputy director William Studeman, now with Northrop Grumman, contributed $250 to candidate Bush's campaign in 2000. His wife gave the Bush re-election...
...Scorpion Bowl...
...Hong Kong is a must-stop on many a 21st birthday pub crawl, and Scorpion Bowls are by far the elixir of choice. The exact contents of this colorful drink, however, remain shrouded in mystery. According to Manager David Hayes, the secret recipe for the Scorpion Bowl is actually patented. He will divulge that the brew is composed of orange juice, pineapple, sour mix and nine different alcohols, including rum. The mix, which is stored in mini-kegs on the third floor, has been perfected by trial and error in a process which creative mind Billy Lee first dreamed...
...enjoy concoctions such as the gargantuan “Trash Can Punch.” For $65, Brother Jimmy’s mixes two-and-a-half gallons of liquor, juice and ice, and serves in a giant glass container with about a million huge colored straws. Think Scorpion Bowl on steroids. “Minimum of 8 people required!” the menu warns. If you have a smaller group, try the “Swamp Water” ($16). Described as “64 ounces of pure hell,” it’s actually...
Meanwhile, at the Kong’s upper levels, clusters of grad students and Cambridge locals share Scorpion Bowls and draft beer. A few grind to the rhythms of Ashanti and Aaliyah on the small square parquet dance floor, while others take aim at the dart boards hung beside a framed Playboy cover from 1982 announcing steamy images from “The Harvard Scene...