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...Cozy and relaxed, Basta Pasta delivers surprisingly fine cuisine to the average Joe without any of high-class eatery frills. Don’t expect any service: diners grab their own drinks from a soda cooler by the food counter. There’s no complimentary bread basket to speak of, no cloth napkins. “The atmosphere is not fancy,” says Altin, “but what we are trying to do is good food, honestly prepared. Everything we make here is made from scratch—it’s worth...

Author: By Sha Jin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Mama Mia, Basta Pasta | 4/9/2008 | See Source »

...Gregory Peck movie, “Gentleman’s Agreement,” features Peck as a reporter who goes undercover, pretending to be Jewish. After experiencing private and public prejudices, he realizes that his personal objection to anti-Semitism is not enough. He must speak...

Author: By Ryder B. Kessler | Title: The Emperor’s Boy | 4/9/2008 | See Source »

...After observing his love interest, Kathy Lacey (Dorothy McGuire), stay silent after hearing an anti-Semitic joke at a dinner party, he upbraids her: everyone may object to the joke, but if everyone stays quiet or laughs politely, the jokes will keep getting made. She must speak up and bring to the collective conscious of the room the unacceptability of bigotry. He does not want her to change their minds: he wants her to be an emperor?...

Author: By Ryder B. Kessler | Title: The Emperor’s Boy | 4/9/2008 | See Source »

...Indonesia is an anthropologist's fantasyland. It is made up of 17,500 islands, on which 230 million people speak more than 300 languages. The archipelago's culture is colored by Buddhist, Hindu, Muslim and Dutch traditions. Indonesia "sucks a lot of us in," says fellow anthropologist and friend Alice Dewey. "It's delightful...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Story of Barack Obama's Mother | 4/9/2008 | See Source »

Senator Joseph Lieberman has become something of an agent provocateur in the semiannual Petraeus-Crocker hearings staged by the U.S. Senate. This semester he chose to open his remarks by chastising unnamed colleagues for having a "hear no progress ... see no progress ... speak no progress" attitude about the war in Iraq. That may have been true in the past, as there was no progress. This time, however, nearly all the Senators, including most Democrats, opened their comments by praising the general and the ambassador for their fine work-noting the reduced casualty rates and the success against al-Qaeda...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Petraeus Meets His Match | 4/9/2008 | See Source »

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