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Tampopo specializes in tempura, the Japanese frying technique originating in Portugal. Avoid the teriyaki and stick to what Tampopo does best—the basic tempura combos with rice and miso soup ($5.50-$8.50). The tempura is consistently above-average, combining fresh ingredients, light batter and flavors that are enhanced by the soy-based dipping sauce. Noteworthy choices include the nasu (eggplant) and sweet potato. However, avoid the tempura rolls. The consistency is doughy, and the rice overwhelms any flavor...
NASA is also making concerted efforts to prevent “forward contamination,” in which we would be the evil alien invaders who seed other planets with Earth bugs. NASA crashed the Galileo spacecraft into Jupiter last month in an effort to avoid the remote possibility that the spacecraft would one day smash into Europa and cause an unforgivable planetary pandemic on that watery moon. Three new spacecraft are headed for landings on Mars in the next couple of months, and their missions are all focused on the search for current life, past life and conditions conducive...
...today, on “mischief night,” Orson Welles spooked millions of radio listeners with his legendary “War of the Worlds” broadcast. Many who did not hear the “only fiction” disclaimers fled their homes to avoid imminent gas attack by marauding Martians who had landed in Grovers Mill, N.J., creating traffic jams and sending dozens to the hospital for shock and hysteria...
There is no way to stay 100 percent safe from scary monsters that might lurk in the cosmos, but it would be paranoid and self-defeating to avoid exploration out of vague fears of the unknown. With planetary protection, we strive to insure that, through the marvelous tricks of space exploration, we do not give or receive any unwelcome and dangerous planetary treats...
...Wednesday, while walking through Cambridge Common around 8:30 at night, a Harvard undergraduate was groped by an unidentified male. This sexual assault marked the fourth attack near the Quad during the past two weeks. In response, Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) spokesperson Steven G. Catalano advised students to avoid taking this route through Cambridge Common and instead utilize the designated blue-light pathways when walking to and from the Quad after dark...