We're supposed to be going to The Kitchin (thekitchin.com), where the eponymous Tom is showstopping with his sophisticated, assured cooking.

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On Stool One, right where he belongs, is Tom-Tom, an Italian looking, small fellow of infinite warmth.

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So these are just a few of the many challenges working families out there are facing and where they need an advocate, and Tom is the right person for that job.

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Be careful, and watch these key indicators over the next few weeks to see where the wind is blowing, writes MoneyShow.com senior editor Tom Aspray .

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The big opportunity, according to both Mr Zetsche and Tom LaSorda, Chrysler's boss, lies overseas, where the firm is little more than an asterisk on the sales charts.

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In discussion several times this morning with Secretary Tom Ridge, the effort is heavily under way to coordinate an understanding of exactly where the orbiter path had taken it from West Texas toward the Kennedy Space Center here in Florida, and to make sure that the material on the ground is secured so that the investigation can begin promptly.

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Animosity to Mr Brown is not as violent as it is in England, where his Scottishness magnifies the spite (though for some in Glasgow he is insufficiently Scottish, a sort of Celtic Uncle Tom).

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