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...bureaucratic windmills in order to angle a fishing permit. He used to fish in the Czech town of Olomouc, where he played with another team. But in all the time he spent at the local river there, he managed to catch only "one trout and a karpyonka [Russian for carp]." He is mystified about the kind of bait Eastern European fish prefer. "I don't know what they eat here. I try sausage, popcorn, but they...
...anyone can publish on the Web, to what do we aspire? Just to write, and as long as someone reads our work, we have arrived? While I enjoy the Web and will keep checking in from time to time, I have decided to get my first newspaper subscription. Nicole Carp Lawrence, New Jersey...
...relatively easy. Levels of comfort vary. In many shukubo, a thin futon, a chaff-filled pillow and nothing but paper doors between you and the next snoring pilgrim are the norm. But others can be surprisingly refined, with delicate flower arrangements, swirling calligraphy on the walls and views of carp ponds. Bathrooms and toilet facilities are typically communal. So are morning prayers. To rise at dawn for an hour-long ceremony may not be everyone's path to enlightenment, but guests are expected to attend. For good measure, some temples offer classes in meditation, calligraphy, flower arranging and vegetarian cooking...
...Uganda will start work on a new World Bank?backed dam just north of Lake Victoria in the next few years - Egypt has realized that development along the Upper Nile is inevitable. Cairo's leaders now know that it makes more sense for them to get involved than to carp from the sidelines. Moreover, those Egyptian politicians, journalists and other opinion makers who have visited neighbors such as Ethiopia have seen just how far behind such countries are. "We realized that we cannot stop the countries of the Upper Nile from developing the water," Egyptian Minister for Water Resources...
...problems fixed? The contractor that scores the tests is working on technical solutions. Critics carp that the system still has no real safeguards, but the College Board says hand scoring is an adequate control. It is requested by someone from nearly every sitting, giving ample opportunity to catch glitches...