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...bring to mind the bubbles in a boiling pot of broth.” Nothing could be closer to the truth. In true foodie form, each of us proceeded to order one of the various shabus. Playing it safe, I opted for a mixed tofu platter and miso broth. Options include the classic chicken or beef stock, and, in a gesture towards Vietnam, tom yum. Something about having to monitor simmering raw chicken tenders gave me the willies. An inordinate number of minutes later, our waiter returned to our hot pink booth with the pots, and we began to dunk...
...Grand Theft Auto IV wasn't even the most commercial entertainment option on the bill. As Dan Houser, one of the prime movers behind the Grand Theft Auto series, points out, the game opened opposite Speed Racer and Iron Man. "I thought that was an interesting moment," says Houser, an affable, shaved-headed Londoner who talks so quickly that he's almost untranscribable. "You have a video game about an immigrant discovering himself and losing himself in America - and that's the video game - and then the movies are about a superhero in a metal suit and a car based...
...construction. The three Senate Republicans - Maine Senators Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins and Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, without whose votes the bill would not have passed the Senate - wanted to leave how the funds would be spent up to governors. Ultimately, the two sides agreed to allow governors the option of spending the money on school construction but not limit the money to that. "There's no question that one of our overriding priorities in the House was a very strong commitment to school construction," Pelosi said. "I would have liked it to be its own item, but the fact...
...Egypt is brokering truce arrangements, suggest that Hamas has accepted the idea that forces loyal to Abbas be placed in control of the border crossings into Gaza to allow the crossings to be reopened. And much of Fatah's rank and file is pressing for a unity government - an option that had been forcefully opposed by the Bush Administration. Fatah is due to elect new leadership next month. While Abbas may survive in a titular leadership position, control of the organization is likely to pass to a younger, more militant generation that is more inclined to make common cause with...
...benign neglect shown on the Israeli-Palestinian peace effort by the Bush Administration won't be an option for the Obama Administration. But the policy pursued by the Bush White House in its final year of isolating Hamas while promoting talks about talks between Olmert and Abbas is no longer viable. Israel has tacked to the right, away from moves toward a solution based on the Arab peace plan for which Obama recently expressed support. The terms of that plan call for a two-state solution on the basis of the 1967 borders and sharing Jerusalem. That Palestinian bottom line...