And its backers, including Mr. Bush, hope it will help keep hope alive among the Western Hemisphere's nations for the long-promised but repeatedly postponed Pan-American trade pact, the Free Trade Area of the Americas.

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Yes, we've come a long way since the days when piano bars on Pan Am planes brought glamour and romance to air travel.

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After more than 25 years of dining professionally at the best restaurants in the old world, I thought I knew that the crucial building blocks of flavor are long-simmered meat or seafood stocks and deglazed pan juices.

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Try the borscht (tangy and tasty), the pan-roasted sea scallops on a crab cake crust, the pan-roasted chicken with a morel flan and the spice-rubbed Long Island duck.

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It also hopes that pan-European restructuring among defence companies will make them more efficient and save money in the long run.

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