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...Earlier in the week, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist declined an offer made by Vermont Democrat Patrick Leahy of the Judiciary Committee to enact a three-month extension of the law to buy time for further negotiations. In the last few days, the White House dispatched Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to address the Senate Republicans' policy luncheon on Capitol Hill. But he failed to convince key Senators, such as Republicans Larry Craig of Idaho, John Sununu of New Hampshire and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, all of whom object to the limited checks on executive authority in the bill. Instead...
...need all those armies and tanks just to keep the peace. This year, rivalries appear to have metastasized. Under the new British proposal, the 10 new member states would get a total of €14 billion less than they would under a plan put forward by Luxembourg in June. Alberto Navarro, Spanish Minister for European Affairs, saw it as evidence of "a new concept of solidarity ? by which the poor give to the rich, especially to the U.K." What particularly rankled the French was that under the proposal Britain would continue to get most of its rebate. Yet the opposition...
...Dolce & Gabbana flagship store on Via della Spiga, the mood is frantic, with shoppers young and old slapping down credit cards for the label's signature $2,900 pin-striped pantsuits and $3,500 fur-trimmed coats. It seems there are not enough salespeople to handle the traffic, so Alberto Addis, the store's visual merchandiser, is lending a hand, greeting two women who have wandered past the acres of shiny black-glass walls and Murano-glass chandeliers into the leopard-print VIP room. They're in search of a $23,200 shimmering Swarovski crystal?covered dress that's been...
Back at the Via della Spiga store, the lunchtime rush is showing no sign of tailing off. Alberto Addis is straightening a shiny alligator bag that a customer has left askew, moving an eel-skin shoe back to its right place. There is no icy sense of ?please do not touch? here; everything has been handled. ?It's always like this,? Addis says. ?Our customer, maybe she comes to buy, maybe to touch...
Another excellent, lesser-known jewel in Madrid is a Spanish-Asian fusion place, Nodo. Order a gazpacho here, and you won't get the dressed-up salsa so common in the U.S. Chef Alberto Chicote serves a delicate peach-colored purée, close to a sorbet, poured at the table from an Asian kettle and served in a bowl of ice. The raw tuna tataki in garlic-and-almond sauce featured soft, subtle flavors; a heaping portion of medallions of roast suckling pig, accompanied by caramelized onions, was sweet and succulent...