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...vanity. (It's something visitors to the Royal Regalia Museum, dedicated to the life of the current Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah and the many gifts he has received from international dignitaries, may well recognize.) Devil of a State ends with the consecration of a similar mosque, worked on by Paolo Tasca, a ruttish Italian marble cutter, and his gruff father Nando. Just before the ceremony, Paolo locks himself in a minaret to protest his father's imperiousness. Democracy activists take up his cause, sending him beer and curry. The latter you'll still come across, in shops run by Indians from...
Located on a rather unpopulated block of Commonwealth Ave in Brighton, Tasca is a welcome newcomer to the Spanish/Tapas bar scene. It has all the romance of Dali without so much of the cumbersome packaging. Tasca has more refined, subtler decor, no interminable waits, and prices that will allow you to leave with enough cash for a comfy cab ride home. On top of it all, the food is simple and delicious...
...Tasca's entrance and bar area convey smoky romance with a strong yuppie aesthetic--chrome barstools, elegant rows of glasses suspended from the ceiling, mirrors backing the bottles of alcohol. Wrought-iron chandeliers, hanging wine-racks, ceramic plates, and brass skillets liven the dining room. The cozy booths--far more intimate than the tables in the middle of the room--are covered with brocades of little sailboats and flowers. Sailboats seem to be a prominent decor theme at Tasca, perhaps a reference to the excellent seafood selection. A ubiquitous European-atmosphere-engendering Gypsy Kings album plays in the background...
...sides if they went to war. Kissinger himself talked with Caramanlis and Ecevit by telephone and urged the Turks not to use further force. He later offered his offices as mediator, either in Nicosia or Washington. In a gesture to placate Greece, the U.S. pulled out Ambassador Henry J. Tasca, who was far too closely identified with the hated dictatorship during his five-year tour, and sent in Jack B. Kubisch, a skilled veteran diplomat who was serving as an Assistant Secretary of State for Latin America. At the same time, President Ford invited Caramanlis to Washington, an invitation...
...elections in one year or 20 was for his regime alone to decide. Simultaneously, his government drafted a new press code that requires foreign as well as Greek newsmen to report in conformity with "Hellenic-Christian traditions." The House committee's action in calling U.S. Ambassador Henry J. Tasca home from Athens to testify in closed session was an unusual display of congressional displeasure...