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...Tongba is made in a cylindrical wooden pot with polished brass banding (the tongba, from which the drink gets its name). This is filled with fermented millet seeds. Your host then adds hot water in a ritual reminiscent of a Japanese tea ceremony. Drinkers suck the alcoholic mixture through a bamboo straw with tiny filters to keep the seeds out, and it's a never-ending affair. You sit around the fire with a thermos flask topping up the pot for hours, and snack on spiced cucumber and mutton pieces known as sekura or sukuli. The locals will assure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mountain High | 3/1/2004 | See Source »

...Middle East. “But it’s kind of hard to look at it that way when something that horrible happens to somebody I really care about, because I do care about Jason. He’s one of my best friends. And it kind of sucks that people ask about it all the time and are gossipy about it. But I know it gets our name out there and at least when somebody reads a record review they’re like, ‘Oh the Von Bondies, I’ve heard that name...

Author: By Sarah L. Solorzano, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Von Bondies Fight Back for the Fans | 2/27/2004 | See Source »

...stands occupy street corners in all of Morocco's major cities, attracting hungry folk on their way home from work or on a night out with friends. For about $1, a small bowl of 20 or so b'push can be yours?still in the shell, heads attached. Either suck them out or pry them free with a toothpick. But don't expect the garlicky, buttery taste of French escargots. These little guys are simply steamed over a bowl of herb water, giving them the texture and flavor of cooked mushrooms. When you've emptied the shells, wash...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Marrakech Express | 2/23/2004 | See Source »

...Korean team believes that two other factors may have helped them succeed. While most cloners suck out an egg's nucleus with a tiny pipette, Moon and Hwang made a pinhole in the cell wall and used a tiny glass needle to apply pressure and squeeze the nucleus out. "It's more gentle with the egg and allows you to remove only the DNA and leave some of the major components of the egg still inside," says Jose Cibelli, a professor of animal biotechnology at Michigan State University and a co-author of the Science paper. "Actually, it's pure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cloning Gets Closer | 2/23/2004 | See Source »

Contra achieves the balance between innocent, friendly fun and the excessive groping of a Mather room party. Although eye contact and handholding are essential elements of contra, there are no overtly sexual overtones. “High school dances really suck, it’s all about avoiding contact and communication. Contra is the opposite and that’s why people keep coming back. It’s very intimate,” says Lieu...

Author: By Arielle J. Cohen and Margaretta E. Homsey, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: The Contra Conversion | 2/12/2004 | See Source »

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