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When you think “Harvard,” a toga-wearing John Belushi-esque dude is probably the last image that pops into your head. But while a beer-can speckled street of letter-adorned houses doesn’t exist round these parts, fraternities do lurk among Harvard’s masses. Three of them, in fact: Alpha Epsilon Pi (AEPi), Sigma Chi, and Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE). As invitations to rush meetings begin to flood freshmen doorboxes, FM decided to check out these brothers from different mothers and their bi-annual ritual to attract new members...
...evening to a restaurant or a private home. My favorite hangout was a caf? attached to the city's best art gallery, where artists and intellectuals gathered every evening for stale coffee and sparkling conversation. Going out after dark now is out of the question: kidnapping gangs lurk in public places looking for lucrative grabs - and foreigners are the most lucrative of all. Even if I were feeling reckless, there's a 9 p.m. curfew for all Baghdad residents, so I'm pretty much confined to quarters...
...SiteAdvisor Here you'll find a free downloadable application that, once installed inside your own Web browser (it works with FireFox and Internet Explorer), aims to keep you out of trouble - or, to be precise, stop you from clicking through to websites where spyware, worms, and other cyber threats lurk. The program attaches tiny color-coded icons to links that appear on a list of search returns - a green check means it's safe to proceed, a red X means it's not; a yellow icon indicates nuisances such as spam or pop-ups. Why would you need this? Because...
Sciona's customers are going to have to wait a while for more comprehensive genetic exams. Researchers now have a good reference guide for the 25,000 or so genes of the human genome and the more than 3 million common variants that lurk within those genes. They still need to figure out how all those genetic variables relate to health and disease. Add the fact that food is full of hundreds of bioactive compounds, each of which varies depending on where plants are grown or animals are raised, and you've got quite a lot of information to puzzle...
...fine artists rather than mere craftsmen. His brand seemed to be quality, a refined ristorante simplicity. But as he hawks his line of pork sausages to NASCAR fans, one already senses the distress of his original aficionados. Do you order a $30 squab from the NASCAR chef? Cautionary tales lurk in every corner of the food world: remember Rocco DiSpirito of NBC's The Restaurant? Both the show and the eatery, Rocco's 22nd Street, are gone. Wolfgang Puck doubtless earns millions from ventures like his little plastic-wrapped, refrigerated sandwiches sold at the airport. But eating...