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...does take on the job, Mondale will face Republican Norm Coleman, the former St. Paul mayor who had been trading jibes with Wellstone up until the Senator's death. Even in a midterm election year marked by tight contests and a battle for razor-thin margins of power in the U.S. House and Senate, this race was particularly close - a fact that is not expected to change if Mondale takes over, although Democrats hope the former Veep's sentimental value (and name recognition) could tilt things in their favor...
About 1,200 parents are expected to visit and attend events including morning performances tomorrow by improv comedy group On Thin Ice (OTI) and the Harvard-Radcliffee Collegium Musicum...
Fugakyu is most famous, however, not for its traditional nigiri sushi as for its impressive array of Americanized maki rolls. Caterpillar roll, containing barbecued eel and cucumber surrounded by rice and thin slivers of ripe avocado, was a successful (and amusing) concoction. The sweetness of the barbecue sauce worked well countered by a drop of the potent wasabi and a slice of the pickled ginger. Spider roll, containing an entire deep-fried soft-shell crab, was a delicious, gut-busting treat. Eating the mammoth rolls was quite a challenge—but one well worth taking...
...Britain are piling on the pressure for the adoption of a single resolution that sets out terms for new inspections and gives some form of green light for military action if Baghdad fails to comply. Emphasizing that his patience is wearing thin and that unilateral action remains an option, President Bush warned Tuesday that the "UN must act now or be relegated to nothing more than a debating club." But most other Council members, led by veto-wielding France and Russia, remain determined to avoid endorsing language that could in any way be construed by Washington as sanctioning an attack...