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Republican strategists were breathing a little easier last week after state legislator Craig Thomas won a special election in Wyoming, called to fill the congressional seat vacated by Dick Cheney when he became Secretary of Defense. In two prior contests to fill House vacancies that had cropped up since George Bush won the White House, the G.O.P. had come up embarrassingly empty-handed...
...tensest moment came when the students burst through the last police line before Tiananmen Square, the symbolic seat of power and the scene two weeks ago of a violent confrontation between students and police. According to students, two were seriously injured and 300 briefly detained. As the activists proceeded down the Avenue of Eternal Peace toward the north side of the 100-acre square, they were met by truckloads of troops. But the soldiers made no move to stop the demonstrators, who swarmed around the trucks. After a few minutes, the vehicles and their bewildered passengers slowly drove away...
...C.I.A. draw, however, is the French cuisine in the Escoffier Room. The prix fixe $40 dinner features such classics as poached Dover sole stuffed with artichokes and tomatoes, and roasted rack of lamb on ratatouille. The 90- seat restaurant is sometimes booked three months in advance and boasts a four-star rating from the Mobil Travel Guide. Over a Kir Royale aperitif, bemused diners can enjoy a seminar in progress. On view in the glassed-in kitchen, a dozen nervous young chefs in tall toques bump into one another as they peel, poach and broil their way through the evening...
Weicker, a liberal Republican who lost his senatorial seat last November, said in an interview last week that he would consider taking the job as IOP director, though he declined to add whether he was a top candidate for the post...
Myers, who lost a seat by a few hundred votes in last year's election, said he also considers rent control and development central issues to the election...