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...members of the bridge design review committee met for three hours downtown here Friday, in an effort to hammer out their recommendation about the controversial Charles River interchange portion of the artery...
Ever watching calories, Angelenos love to share, a practice considered cheap in New York. A typical L.A. lunch features the inevitable salad, followed by a split portion of pasta (most likely angel hair, a mere filament of carbohydrate that is a California obsession and a chef's nightmare because it overcooks so readily). Orso, a Manhattan theater-district hangout, was determined to follow its pattern of one menu of trattoria-style Italian fare throughout the day and evening when it opened in Beverly Hills two years ago. The plan failed. Too many customers wanted a feather-light lunch...
...eased by the Security Council's adoption last Wednesday of a resolution setting out the terms for a permanent cease-fire. As expected, the measure requires Iraq to destroy its chemical and biological weapons and ballistic missiles with a range of more than 93 miles, set aside a portion of oil revenues to pay claims arising from its invasion of Kuwait, and swear to respect its 1963 border with that country. On Saturday, Baghdad formally accepted in a 23-page letter to the U.N. that also complained the resolution was harsh and unjust. But, said Saadi Mahdi Saleh, speaker...
Endangered species, a significant portion of the contraband smuggled into Taiwan, appeal to rich consumers there for a number of reasons. Environmentalism is a new and alien concept; Chinese society tends to emphasize the utility of animals. Exotic pets are status symbols, while pelts are hung in the homes of the wealthy. Eating elaborately prepared dishes featuring endangered animals carries mystical connotations of power. This is jinbu: if you eat a tiger's eyes, for example, your eyes are said to assume the acuity of a tiger's. Many folk medicines are made from the teeth or organs of exotic...
...Duwaila said he told allied officers at a weekend meeting that they should oust the Iraqis themselves, or allow Kuwaiti troops to reclaim the area, or let Kuwaiti forces occupy a similar-size portion of Iraq until a formal cease-fire is signed...