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Feeling feminine but not weak is a strong draw for Barbara Sorenson, 55, who teaches in Lincoln, Neb. She says belly dancing indulges her desire to wear jewelry, makeup and billowing fabrics, to be "female but also strong and feminist." Sorenson says the style she teaches, Tribal Fusion, is "a dance of attitude, strength, beauty and the celebration of a woman's spirit." (Despite the emphasis on femininity, some men do belly dancing but with sharper, less rolling moves...
...geared myself for the challenge of eating my way through the menu, skeptical that anything could puncture my bubble of imperviousness to heat. To prime my palate, I ordered a Cold Fusion Martini from Hell ($6), reported to have been “transported from MIT in a plutonium vacuum canister.” It looked innocuous enough, like a regular martini really, but, our waitress warned, the vodka had been infused with chili peppers. Lovely, I thought, as it barely warmed my mouth...
...liberalization has multiplied the options for visitors. Deluxe accommodation ranges from meticulously renovated Ottoman mansions to modern luxury hotels. A classy evening meal can be enjoyed at the renovated Maiden's Tower, which dates from the 6th century, or Changa, an oasis of minimalist chic serving up award-winning fusion cuisine...
...Before Davis came along in the 1960s, physicists were convinced that the Sun's heat came from nuclear fusion the same process that powers the H-bomb - but they had no proof. But Davis realized that fusion reactions at the sun's core should generate neutrinos, elusive particles that would escape and fly all the way to, and through the Earth. He put a detector deep underground to screen out other stray particles, and, sure enough, there were the neutrinos...
...MUSIC BOX It seems an unlikely place to find a jazz club, but Vinaigrette, on the top floor of the Howard Johnson AlQasr Hotel, tel: (962) 6568 9671, in the Shmeisani district of Amman, is where people in the know meet for late-night drinks and Arab fusion music. The glass walls of the bar offer spectacular night views over the capital; in the summer the open terrace is a great place to catch a cool breeze away from the traffic noise and pollution of town. The room is dark and intimate, and the tables small; each is graced with...