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...parents are out running errands. "Finger painting with chocolate pudding is pretty easy if you just dive right in, see?" she says chirpily, before unloading a Jell-O container onto the white paper in front of her and digging in. As her creation takes shape, Andrew Boatright, 3, is quiet, wide-eyed, awed. Soon his primitive portraits cover the table, and many dollops of brown glop adorn his newly animated face...
...Some economists accuse him being vague on specifics but credit him for having the right ideas. His fiercest opposition comes from within his own party. LDP bureaucrats fear losing access to government funds from which they've long doled out political patronage. Koizumi needs a big election victory to quiet his critics...
...regulations?and rewards?expired 150 years ago with the end of the Tokugawa shogunate. These days commoners of any gender can stroll along the old road, parts of which have become quiet backstreets, while other sections remain mountain track. Despite trail markers and helpful shouts from farmers knee-deep in paddies, it is still easy to get lost. Our group of five took a 12-day journey with Walk Japan, whose guides are well-versed in the route's history and the concerns of traditional inn owners, who are often nervous about foreigners not knowing how to behave. For information...
...Late in the day we hike up a steep ascent into the quiet shadows of a stand of pines. The name of the path?Leading the Ox Up By Its Nose?exactly describes the gradient. A statue of Kannon with a horse's head commemorates the pack animals whom no amount of nasal persuasion could keep from collapse. That night we stay in Hosokute at a wooden inn, last rebuilt in 1880. Swallows nest inside the doorway, as they have for generations. The floor flexes under our feet as we step gingerly across knotholes and gaps in the boards...
...compete. This is where Fiat stepped in. It has forged an alliance with EDF, financier Romain Zaleski and several banks. The consortium, called Italenergia, now controls 52% of the voting shares of Montedison. Initially, the new Berlusconi government, which owes Fiat patriarch Gianni Agnelli some thanks for his quiet but crucial support, indicated it was "neutral" on the deal. Last week, however, Italian lawmakers put forward a bill to reduce Italenergia's control to 44%. Italenergia quickly decided to water down EDF's voting rights in the alliance, apparently neutralizing concerns about French control. "The direct confrontation between Fiat...