Scrolling past (The Japan Times)
In early November, Kazuo Yoshihara, an antiques expert with a 30-year career in the field, carefully opened a scroll painting in a room at the 14th Yokohama Kotto World fair. Located at the Pacifico Yokohama event venue, Yoshihara was at the fair giving free appraisals to items that were brought in by curious attendees. He examined the scroll of a plant for a few minutes, then made his judgment. ...
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A Hard-Fought Battle in a Hard-Hit State (Standard-Examiner)
CHILLICOTHE, Ohio -- With the presidential campaigns pressing to get out the vote in the race's final hours, no state is being more fiercely contested than Ohio, which provided President Bush with his decisive margin of victory four years ago.
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