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...Washington: Laboratorio del Galileo Given that it has only eight tables, guests book weeks in advance for the sprawling 10- to 12-course Italian banquet at this intimate offshoot of chef Roberto Donna's celebrated Galileo Restaurant. The menu constantly changes, depending on the produce available, but the evening always begins with a glass of prosecco and ends with bomboloni (a simple, donutlike pastry, hot from the oven). Prices start from $110 per person. Five or six wines, carefully paired with the evening's menu, cost an additional...
...philosophical offshoot of Reagan's impulse to deregulate was the 1986 tax-reform bill. Although the primary goal was to lower tax rates a lot, to encourage work and investment, the trick was to pay for it by eliminating most of the exemptions and special tax breaks and shelters, all the ways the government tried to micromanage the economy and control behavior. Reagan and the reformers believed in letting individuals make decisions based on their own view of economic self-interest, not the tax code's. By the end of Reagan's term, the ground had shifted to the point...
...Moroccans may be linked to the synchronized suicide bombings that killed 33 people in Casablanca last May. Government sources in Morocco are more emphatic, telling TIME there was evidence that all three had connections to the extremist groups believed to have directed those attacks, Salafia Jihadia and its offshoot cell Assirat al-Moustaqim (Straight Path). These groups, Moroccan sources say, are associated with Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda network. The Casablanca operation loosely resembled the Madrid massacre: there were well-orchestrated blasts in five locations, and in each instance the explosives were carried in bags or rucksacks. One important...
These accusations came as an offshoot of Summers’ responses to questions centered around what the “Matrix” author states as “a seemingly obvious point in the forum: some of the largest problems facing the developing world health, such as AIDS and nutrition, could be combated globally if trade policies were adapted in order to prevent further impoverishment of poor countries...
...Little known outside Japan, the New Komeito is an offshoot of the country's largest lay Buddhist organization, Soka Gakkai. In the elections, the New Komeito was the only party other than the DPJ to pick up more seats, increasing its bloc from 31 to 34. But the New Komeito's influence radiates far wider than those numbers indicate. As most smaller parties drift into irrelevance or disband completely, the New Komeito, as a member of the LDP's ruling coalition, is cementing its role as kingmaker...