Word: franciscos
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...directly behind the vice president for succession to the Presidency, at a moment of key contest between the branches of government and deep divide in the country over the war in Iraq and the fight against international terrorism. How President Bush learns to deal with the gentlewoman from San Francisco will be a key story of the rest of his presidency...
...victory in 2004 against Murphy, collecting 51% of the vote. To hold his seat, he is trying to focus the race on local issues like the federal money for local roads he's brought home, and at the same time trying to link Murphy with Nancy Pelosi, the San Francisco lawmaker likely to become Speaker of the House if Democrats win control. Gerlach says Pelosi and the Democrats would raise taxes and oppose measures like the Patriot Act that he says keep the country safe. Murphy, like Democrats across the country, is trying to unseat the incumbent by highlighting...
...first book written in English by Yan, a Shanghai-born novelist (The Lost Daughter of Happiness) whose stories inspired director Joan Chen's 1998 art-house hit Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl. Yan emigrated to the U.S. after the 1989 Beijing crackdown and now lives in San Francisco, where she is a leading figure in China's post-Tiananmen literary diaspora. Others include best-selling novelists like Ha Jin (Waiting) and Ma Jian (Red Dust), as well as newcomers such as Da Chen (whose Brothers came out in September). Like many of the American writers who decamped to Europe...
Sources: Sudan Tribune; Times Argus; AP; San Francisco Chronicle; Philadelphia Inquirer...
...million Elie Tahari sportswear business. It's one of Seventh Avenue's most successful brands, with more than 600 points of sale in the U.S., including upscale department stores such as Neiman Marcus and Saks Fifth Avenue. At the opening of Bloomingdale's in San Francisco last month, Tahari says, the label was the top vendor, outselling Ralph Lauren by 30% in the first two weeks...