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...showed some slides of his work. "Wild grass," he said, pausing for emphasis. "It can be beautiful. It's very modern." Before long someone brought him a box of children's markers and a map, and he went to work sketching in islands of existing rice paddies within the planned lake's neat, rectangular perimeter. The official in charge of the project (who asked not to be named) winced. "I have plenty of paddies in this town," he told Yu. "If people want to look at them, they can go somewhere else. I don't need paddies in my lake...
WALLAMOPPI Like the old kids' game Operation, Wallamoppi requires nimble fingers. The rules are simple: two players take turns trying to stack disks atop a tower without toppling it. The game box cleverly doubles as the timer. Before each turn, a marble is dropped into the box. When it reaches the bottom, your turn...
...With the Orange coalition in tatters, the rifts are now being played out at the ballot box, where Tymoshenko's eponymous party came in second behind Yanukovych. The new parliament turns out to be as split as society is - which, among many other things, is a proof of an honest and fair election. Since no single party, including the big winner Yanukovych, has the majority, a coalition government, with all the accompanying horse trading and compromises, will likely be formed...
...this climate, seeking Sistani's support for slapping down the Shi'ite coalition may be a risky gambit. The Ayatollah is leery of cooperating with the U.S. in the best of times, and if he perceives its objective is to limit the Shi'ites power won at the ballot box, Sistani may push back. It was, after all, pressure from the Ayatollah that originally forced the U.S. to abandon plans to handpick an Iraqi government and instead allow it to be chosen in a democratic election.? And if the Shi'ite political leaders are beginning to turn...
...program is in its 11th week. The activities of executives from wheat marketer AWB were the initial focus of the inquiry. Lately, the questions have surrounded the actions of the Howard government; officials in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade have been warming the seat in the witness box. Every few days, Rudd points to a new "stunning revelation." Downer claims the public release of the same document Rudd has referred to "completely vindicates everything the government has said about this issue." At times, Downer has hidden behind his officials; Rudd, who may one day be their boss...