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...governor's mansions and the courts to get the new lines drawn in ways that help their candidates. The reason? The payoff for congressional boundaries that help one party over the other can be tremendous. A congressional incumbent can enjoy ten years of freedom from challengers because his district is packed with voters from his party...
...Last December, the Democratic-controlled Mississippi state government approved a redistricting plan that, of course, helped Democrats, particularly in the newly consolidated 4th District where Democratic Rep. Ronnie Shows would have to face Republican Rep. Chip Pickering. (The two congressmen are running against each other because Mississippi's dwindling population resulted in the loss of one seat.) Pickering immediately cried foul, complaining that the plan was drawn up so that it would be "the most favorable to Democrats...
...Peoria, Ill., junior cooks can whip up such specialties as strawberry salad and mint-brownie pie in classes sponsored by the Peoria Park District. Sur La Table, a nationwide chain that sells specialty cookware, offers summer cooking camps in its stores, with courses that include making sushi, pie baking and a chocolate workshop for teens. The chain also carries children's cookware; in 1997 kids' products accounted for 1% of its sales; today they account for 5%. New York City's American Museum of Natural History invites the children of its members to submit recipes to win a place...
...reformist platform. Instead of blasting his name from a noisy sound truck, he had shown a populist touch by riding a bicycle door-to-door soliciting votes. Now a $628 million, 68-km highway is on the drawing board, slated to slice through his home district, creating hundreds of jobs and funneling millions of dollars into rural Hyogo prefecture. It's one of thousands of wasteful highway projects?known as roads to nowhere?that are gradually transforming Japan into a giant parking lot, causing the national deficit to spiral and propping up inefficient, bloated construction companies. This is exactly...
There was nothing unusual about the request for reinforcements. Citing the presence of Maoist rebels and fears of an attack, the letters from Achham chief district officer Mohan Singh Khadka had piled up steadily over the winter. But not until early February did the army order the garrison in the western district town of Mangalsen reinforced with 19 extra soldiers, bringing the total to 58. "All 75 districts are constantly demanding more troops," says a senior Nepalese military official. "We get all these reports: 100 Maoists seen here, 100 seen there. And some member of Parliament is always demanding more...