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...Blue Room’s weak spots seem a product of an overeager desire to please and misplaced worldly ambition, like an annoying kid in section. The roasted red onion tart with Stilton and aged balsamic vinegar ($9), for example, was a solid effort that just missed the mark. Combining the strong flavors of Stilton and balsamic with sweet onion and buttery pastry is a great idea. But the theme here appeared to be “thick,” with the pastry shell too soft and doughy and the red onions chopped too large to allow the dish...
...into compliance with current law. And since the caps would be nationwide--letting a polluter in one state trade credits with a clean plant in another--localities that suffer from the dirtiest air could be left with no recourse. Environmentalists say the caps in Bush's plan are so weak that it would be better to stick with existing law. "Clear Skies is not what the EPA sent to the White House," an agency insider says. "It's what the White House sent to the EPA." The White House maintains that these problems will be fixed as the Clear Skies...
...memorize. "If two parties of the believers contend with one another, do ye endeavor to compose the matter between them," he recited, rocking back and forth as an aid to memory. Abdullah stumbled, and Wafa Franji, a teacher of the Koran herself, told him, "It's a little weak, Abdullah." The boy kissed her on the cheek. "This afternoon I'll recite it for you perfectly," he said, and he went off to school...
...Israeli aggression. In recent weeks, the coverage has helped stoke the region into a fever pitch of outrage and impotent fury. At Cafe Shahine, in the working-class district of Imbaba, the afternoon transmission disrupts the patrons' domino games. "How can we take this--this relentless pounding of the weak by the mighty?" asks Abdel Qader Hassenein...
...this was on weak volume. The markets are still a little underpopulated; there's a lot of money on the sidelines, waiting to see where Israel goes, where Venezuela (or Argentina) goes, where the terrorists show up next...