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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=150 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="042d4c00dvldtc.gif"> <div> Sushma (Sushi) Pant with her son Shashwat.  Sitting next to her is her cousin and on the floor is her husband Kishor.  I met sushi in the summer of 1998 at ARI in Japan.</div> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> nep9_2</div> <div> <IMG SRC="1d2125f0.jpg" border=0 width="530" height="351" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" >            <A HREF="id96.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="nep8_2"><U> </U></A></FONT><A HREF="id96.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="nep8_2"><U> PREVIOUS</U></A>               <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Steve Brokaw"><U> HOME</U></A>              <A HREF="id98.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="nep10_2"><U> </U></A><A HREF="id98.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="nep10_2"><U>NEXT</U></A></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>