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...comes the spiritual heart of the meal: rice, pickles and the best miso soup around. If Umu sounds traditional, it isn't. The reinvented Kyoto flavors are restrained, but the trendy London setting is not. A hidden door on the streets of tony Mayfair glides back at a touch on a lighted panel. Inside, it's opulent yet relaxed, designed to make everyone look rich and beautiful. Don't worry if you can't pronounce anything, because most of the wait staff are just learning themselves. They're happy to help navigate the extensive kaiseki, sushi and à la carte...
...Several officials who are in touch with commission members said that with violence appearing to spiral out of control in Iraq, the group has been flummoxed about finding a solution. "There's complete bewilderment as to what to do," one official said. "They're very frustrated. They can't come up with anything. For the last couple months, they've been thrashing around, calling people, trying to find ideas." Administration officials say the Baker commission is discovering that if there were a workable answer for Iraq, the President would have already used...
...trades in his Pilgrim-in-Chief hat for his helmet as the Roman Catholic Church's Diplomat Maximus. It is largely new terrain for the 79-year-old Pontiff, a trained theologian who spent two decades in the Vatican working on doctrinal matters. The terrestrial exigencies of diplomacy will touch on both geopolitics and inter-religious relations during the four-day visit, as Turkey is both 98% Muslim and the historic home of a competing Eastern branch of Christianity. Everything, of course, will be amplified in the wake of Benedict's now famous September speech about faith and violence that...
...nursing home. An Intel phone comes with a screen that projects a caller's picture and name along with a note typed or recorded by the two parties after their previous phone conversation, describing what they had discussed. The memory joggers make the patient more willing to keep in touch with loved ones...
...trio of three-pointers during a 14-6 run that put Harvard down by eight. Fairfield seemed primed to run away with the game, but the Crimson stayed within reach and even cut the lead to just five by the end of the opening half. Harvard found its scoring touch in the beginning of the second half. An offensive spurt led by sophomore guard Niki Finelli brought the Crimson within two at 15:02. A minute later, a jumper by sophomore guard Emily Tay brought the game to a tie. Tay scored 15 points but also turned the ball over...