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...matters of foreign policy - influences the lives of all citizens of all countries, why shouldn't we have a say in his election? We would then be certain that George W. Bush, the most divisive U.S. President in recent history, would not be re-elected. Jacques Scohy Brussels A Mushroom-Shaped Cloud There is a lot of speculation about the explosion in North Korea that produced a mushroom-shaped cloud [Sept. 27]. Although Pyongyang denies it blew up anything nuclear, I wouldn't mind if North Korea acted as a counterweight to the U.S. People the world over are supposed...
...while you can, given that the hutongs are being razed at a rapid clip as Beijing modernizes in preparation for the 2008 Olympic Games. Beijing Hutong Tour gives a good, concise introduction to how the old Shichahai Lake neighborhood, for one, looked before the neon advertising signs began to mushroom. Though Shichahai's lanes have been marked "preserved" by city planners, the area's traditional fabric is under increasing threat from the rising number of bars, shops and restaurants crowding the lakeshore. See for yourself on the three-hour "Follow the Footsteps of Old Beijingers" tour. An English-speaking guide...
...BRAGGING IT has done about its nuclear program, North Korea has never, to anyone's knowledge, tested a nuclear bomb. That's why the world grew alarmed when satellite photos showed what looked like an explosion and a mushroom-shaped cloud over a remote area in the northern part of the country. Pyongyang denied it had exploded a nuke and even escorted a group of foreign ambassadors to the area, where they saw thousands of workers toiling mostly by hand to build a dam. A local official said the blasts were part of an effort to speed up the project...
...Post House offers spoonfuls of strawberry shortcake and banana-cream pie for people who want a lighter dessert after a steak-house-size meal. At the Meritage restaurant in the Boston Harbor Hotel, guests can order just a spoonful of entrees like flash-fried Nantucket scallops, or chicken, porcini mushroom and truffle salad. Chef Pino Maffeo at L in Boston offers 4-in.-to-6-in.-high test tubes of select soups from his regular menu, while at 15 RIA in Washington, dessert, left, is served in a flight of shot glasses...
...shouting "Police! Police! Police!" I whirled and faced the passengers, with my back to the cockpit door that I am to protect with my life. In these close quarters, I feel confident about only one thing: my Sig Sauer 229 handgun and its hollow-point bullets designed to mushroom inside the human body...