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...recessing their chamber early so technicians could sweep their side of the Capitol complex for traces of anthrax. They're still furious at Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, who received the anthrax- laced letter but announced that terrorists wouldn't scare the Senate into recessing early. (Hastert and Gephardt insist that Daschle reneged on an agreement the House and Senate leaders had at the beginning of last week to quit early. Daschle insists he never made such an agreement. Just for the record, Senate Minority Leader Trent Lott is standing behind Daschle...
...commanders insist they can move on Kabul at any time, even without airstrikes on Taliban front lines. Other officers worry that any delay will allow the Taliban to reveal their positions in Kabul and restore their morale. Time, in other words, is running out. Ramadan is less than a month away, and more importantly, so is winter, when military operations are severely hampered. Some commanders, when pushed - Azimi, for example - still predict an advance on Kabul in the next week or so. But, they sound neither convinced nor convincing. Alliance political leaders meanwhile deny any external interference in their planning...
Ridge says he'll have "all the resources I need." White House aides insist he'll be able to shape budgets behind the scenes because he has Bush's ear. "He knows the President well," says one. "He has the most important new portfolio in town. The notion that he wouldn't have power strikes me as quizzical...
...Kyoko and Mika Kano insist they never sought fame. Half sisters (they have the same father), the two former beauty queens say they led glamorous but fairly obscure lives until 1997, globe-trotting as sometime models and owners of a wholesale gem-buying business. Then the upscale women's magazine 25ans profiled them in a feature about luxurious lifestyles. A flood of reader interest led to regular columns showcasing the sisters' beauty-product and fashion picks. An empire dedicated to all things Kano has followed?exercise videos, calendars and coffee-table pictorials, featuring the two preening mostly naked before...
...summit, the picturesque chapel of Ayios Yeóryios. For the more energetic, a winding footpath leads to the top. A terraced cafe facing the Acropolis offers a stunning, expansive view. Best to Avoid: Taxi drivers who don?t smile, refuse to issue receipts and negotiate fares upon entry. Insist that the meter runs on single tariff while in Athens. Best Come-back: Benaki Museum. If you have time for only one museum stop, this Neo-classical landmark is the place to go. Open again after a 12-year renovation, the museum has a priceless collection spanning Hellenism...