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...occasional wayward tourist does catch sight of the sign and wander into the lecture demonstration prep shop, requesting to see “those hysterical scientific instruments,” Shaban says. It’s more than an occasional annoyance, for the staff of the department, though. “We once painted over the sign when we got tired of people asking to see the hysterical instruments,” Shaban bemoans. Apparently, though, nerds rule in the lecture demonstration department—the sign has been restored...
...Janeiro has a reputation for being a libertine playground, but the city's tourist board has been acting a bit uptight. Riotur has threatened to sue the Fox network over an episode of The Simpsons in which the family visits Brazil. While there, Bart is ingested by a boa constrictor, Homer is kidnapped by a taxi driver and monkeys roam the streets. Perhaps most insulting, the show suggests Brazil is responsible for the Macarena (the dance comes from Spain). Riotur spent $18 million promoting the city last year and doesn't want it to go to waste, though bringing attention...
ITALY Echo of Sept. 11 When an aircraft crashed into the 30-story Pirelli tower in the center of Milan, many feared a repeat of Sept. 11. Initial investigations revealed that minutes before the crash, 67-year-old Luigi-Gino Fasulo, pilot of the four-seater tourist plane, had radioed air traffic control that he had landing-gear problems. Fasulo and two women died and 29 other people were injured. "This had nothing to do with the haunting images of the Twin Towers," said Interior Minister Claudio Scajola. "Sure, tragedy struck, but it could have been worse...
...embassy bombings in East Africa; soon after, he rose to become al-Qaeda's chief of overseas operations. He allegedly played a role in the so-called millennium plots--two thwarted terrorist attacks planned for December 1999, one at Los Angeles International Airport and the other at a popular tourist hotel in Jordan. His name was blurted out by a Franco Algerian picked up last July in Dubai who identified him as plotting to blow up the U.S. embassy in Paris. He is also linked to Zacarias Moussaoui, the French trainee pilot who will be tried...
Despite promises of lifting its patrons a little closer to heaven, the House of Blues is little more than an overpriced tourist trap. Seated at long, cramped tables next to their 50 closest friends, diners will actually get a taste of some real gospel music—but as soon as the first “Hallelujah” comes out of the performers’ mouths, they are marching out, clapping and stomping away with your money...