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...puzzling to think that anyone could enjoy blasting away at quail. The quail's little bobwhite whistle is one of the most beautiful sounds. Quail are farmers' friends, eating insects that are harmful to crops. These gentle birds harm no one and take good care of their families. Sherrill Durbin Mounds, Oklahoma...
...puzzling to think that anyone could enjoy blasting away at quail. The quail's little "bobwhite" whistle is one of the most beautiful sounds. Quail are farmers' friends, eating insects that are harmful to crops. These gentle birds harm no one and take good care of their families. Sherrill Durbin Mounds, Oklahoma, U.S. Dick Cheney is the poster boy for the "shoot first, think later" approach, whether it involves war, torture or just plain getting even. James B. Morin Guasti, California, U.S. Grim News from Greenland "Has the meltdown begun?" [Feb. 27] reported the discovery that Greenland's glaciers...
...SHERRILL DURBIN Mounds, Okla...
...respect to their experience. After his term began, he met with more than a dozen Senators, including Clinton and Ted Kennedy, to seek their advice. In weekly breakfast meetings for Illinois residents visiting Washington, Obama spends much of his time deferring to Illinois' other Senator, assistant Democratic leader Dick Durbin. Obama tells the tourists they should direct their questions to Durbin, "the second most powerful Democrat in the Senate," a man who is "working on every bill." Says California Senator Barbara Boxer, a Democrat: "It's nice to see someone that young, that talented, show humility...
...Wednesday's session had seen the patina of courtesy stripped away, and raw frustration was evident on both sides of the table. Senator Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) noted to Judge Samuel Alito at one point that the day's questioning had been going for 8 1/2 hours, "which means we're both on overtime by any measurable standard of the workplace in America." Throughout the day, the Republican National Committee published a dozen bulletins offering a running critique of the Democrats' questioning, culminating with a 43-point "Summary of Inaccuracies." Democrats also issued more than a dozen documents pointing...