Having lost that battle, Mr Kuchma then said he would only accept changes to the electoral laws, along lines set out by Mr Yushchenko, if the opposition leader in turn agreed to constitutional reforms that would water down the powers of the president.

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Dumping them in, she stirs them for a bit, turns the heat down, goes back to the sink to turn off the water, and lets the lettuce sit in the sink to drain.

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Tree branches bending down to the water hide the turn of the river on both sides, and what you see is a lake with wooded hills, a few little houses on the far shore, a pier with a tiny man fishing.

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In cool, blustery conditions on a course with water hazards at nearly every turn, the strategy was to keep the head down and keep big numbers off the scorecard.

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The decorative rice cakes at Jilsiru (Insadong St) are works of art, and turn down the nearby alley to sip quince tea in Yetchatjip, a hobbit-sized teashop echoing with water features, songbirds and gayageum (zither) music.

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