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...remember victims of both the Civil War and Franco's dictatorship. It has twice postponed releasing its recommendations. "In the course of the Commission's work, more and more questions have arisen," says Ana Salado, spokeswoman for Deputy Prime Minister María Teresa Fernández de la Vega, who heads the Commission. "More than anything, the delay is due to the complexity of the issue." But to some, the delays raise suspicions that the Commission may balk at suggestions from the icv that Franco's body be moved to a private plot. If the Commission hasn't announced...
...facsimile of paella served in tapas bars overseas, there can be little doubt about the best place for a general introduction to the real thing. Paella restaurants are to Valencia what sushi bars are to Tokyo or pizza parlors are to Naples. We give you four of the best: LA PEPICA This venerable beachfront restaurant, tel: (34-96) 371 0366, is in its 107th year and remains a Valencian institution. Ernest Hemingway made a lengthy encomium to it in the notes for his novel, A Dangerous Summer. RACO DEL TURIA The traditionalist's choice, Raco del Turia...
When it mattered most, Blanco appeared "dazed and confused," says Bernie Pinsonat, a bipartisan political consultant in Baton Rouge, La. When NBC's Matt Lauer asked her whether it was hard to find words to reassure the public, she tried to muster optimism, then circled back to despair. "You know, our people out here are so fearful. They're so worried ... It's a nightmare...
...LA PEPICA This venerable beachfront restaurant, tel: (34-96) 371 0366, is in its 107th year and remains a Valencian institution. Ernest Hemingway made a lengthy encomium to it in the notes for his novel, A Dangerous Summer...
...Elizabeth Garrett, professor of law and political science at the University of Southern California in LA, says it will be difficult for Schwarzenegger to get the Democrats to coooperate with him in the next year. "He is facing a very tough year. As a Republican governor with a Democratic legislature, it will be very hard to reach any compromise-they won't want to give him anything in a pre-election year. And voters aren't in a forgiving mood. "California has just spent $50m on a special election which got them nothing-everything was voted down," Garrett notes. "People...