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...Stephen Breyer is not only a husband and father of three. He is a gourmet cook. He is a bird watcher, an avid reader, a student of philosophy and a speed typist." -- Senator Barbara Boxer (D-Calif...
...combat bacterial food poisoning, the U.S. Agriculture Department proposes stricter poultry processing. Under new rules, chickens would be inspected more closely for contamination with fecal matter, and bird carcasses would be treated with germ-killing sprays or rinses...
...national symbol, the bald eagle is supposed to be the embodiment of American strength, grace and pride. But for much of this century, the majestic bird has been an emblem of the country's careless and sometimes callous treatment of wildlife. Pinched by human population growth, poisoned by pollutants and slaughtered by hunters, the eagle went into such a decline that by 1940 Congress felt compelled to pass a law protecting the highflyer. It didn't work: in 1963 there were only 417 breeding pairs of bald eagles left in the lower 48 states, and by 1978, when the eagle...
...bald eagle has come back in a big way. The number of breeding pairs hit 2,000 in 1988, and after it surpassed 4,000 last year, biologists said the bird could be dropped from the endangered-species list. Last week, in a ceremony timed to resonate with the 4th of July holiday, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service director Mollie Beattie formally proposed that the eagle's status be changed from "endangered" to "threatened" everywhere except in one region of the desert Southwest. At a marshy spot in Maryland's Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, Beattie marked the long-anticipated occasion...
...course, musicians should be judged by the music they make, not by their skin color, as Mike D should know better than anyone (he admits later in the article that "I can't defend what I've written here"). The Beasties themselves are Larry Bird-like standouts in a black field. The group's major label debut Licensed to Ill (1986) sold 4 million copies. It was a rowdy, all- night keg party of an album, and it served as both a humorous commentary on the excesses of rap as well as an homage to its spirit...