When I taught Astronomy in New York City, in the evenings I rode my motorcycle home from campus, and sometimes I would stop to pick up dinner at a food truck called USA Halal, that stayed open late. Mehdi, the guy who ran it, had broad shoulders and a gaunt face that was always sweating …
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