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...Democrats broke a 20-20 tie in the New Jersey senate, suggesting, perhaps, that the Northeast is still a Democratic stronghold. And in Philadelphia, a Republican challenge to Mayor John Street fell way short. In San Francisco, the most conservative Democrat, the sponsor of an initiative to reduce panhandlers, seemed poised to win - suggesting that Giuliani-style governance remains popular in liberal bastions. In New York City, mayor Mike Bloomberg?s effort to replace the city's primary system with the kind of non-partisan slates found in other cities got trounced. It does not bode well for his reelection...
...surprised when I learned that he broke his hand,” said freshman tailback Clifton Dawson, who found out about the injury at practice Sunday night. “He’s such a great competitor that if the game is on the line he’ll do whatever it takes, even if it means playing with a broken hand. He’s just the type of player...
...foreshadowing of a Sri Lanka gone wrong already awaits visitors to the posh Welcombe Hotel in Trincomalee. Owned by Sri Lanka's Tourism Minister, the once famous hotel was renovated and reopened in May, and rooms were immediately sold out. In August, however, skirmishes broke out between the LTTE and Muslims in the region. "At once our business dropped," says Rohita De Silva, the hotel's manager. Now the gleaming hotel sits almost entirely deserted, an eerie premonition of what could happen to the country if a few reckless politicians scuttle the peace talks. Even the pugnacious shopkeeper Thavarasan Singham...
...phrase—it ain’t broke, so let’s not fix it. Not even with broadband...
...years as more than 100 local and foreign automakers have entered what amounts to a demolition derby; after sales grew 56% last year to about 1.1 million vehicles, they rose 82% for the first half of 2003, according to the industry publication Automotive News. VW and a partner recently broke ground on a new factory in China, amid plans to expand capacity from 800,000 to 1.6 million vehicles annually, at a cost of $7 billion over five years. Other manufacturers are also adding capacity. But a price war has slashed VW's operating margin in China from...