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MALDON, ENGLAND Our favorite, this sea salt is preferred by chefs and is cheaper than the others. It looks like tiny pieces of shaved ice. Mineral with a long finish, it has a slight crunch and dissolves slowly...
...attention when little-known Republican Congressman Robert Ehrlich jumped into the race last March. Maryland is so Democratic, it has not elected a Republican Governor since Spiro Agnew in 1966. But a poor campaign has hurt Townsend, who is currently lieutenant governor. Polls last week showed Ehrlich with a slight though statistically insignificant lead. The race is suddenly being viewed as a test of whether being a Kennedy is still a political advantage...
...difficult country - made so treacherous by torrential rain that dozens of horses pulled up and two died of exhaustion - to take the prize ahead of Italy's Antonio Rosi and Sunny Demedy from France. On the water in Seville, various permutations of extremely muscular rowers combined to send extremely slight boats skittering over the surface of the Guadalquivir River. In the final of the men's coxless pair, the British team of Matthew Pinsent and James Cracknell avenged the defeat they suffered in the World Cup regatta in Lucerne in July at the hands of Australians James Tomkins and Drew...
...capital of Uruzgan province in south-central Afghanistan. Some wear turbans; some do not. A few have long beards; others a few days' growth or none at all. The differences are trivial, though, given what unifies them. This village is their home. And, says Mullah Muramza, a slight, young man gently cradling a small bird in his hands: "Everyone here was with the Taliban...
...very close on the election reform action; it would be a shame if they didn't pass it on time because the differences are so slight," says James Thurber, professor of government and director of the Center for Congressional and Presidential studies at American University. A few points of conflict: Democrats want protections for disabled voters who may be excluded from non-accessible polling places. Republicans are more concerned with cutting down on voter fraud, pushing for new voter-identification requirements and stricter guidelines for mail-in registration...