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...Survival instincts are beginning to surface in small ways in the Senate. While their bosses parrot bipartisanism, top Senate aides are quietly reaching across the aisle. Administrative assistants for three GOP senators - Snowe, Jeffords and Chafee - sent out invitations to Democratic chiefs of staff to join them for an "AAs' Christmas Party" Thursday night in the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee room in the Dirksen Senate Office Building. "I've never gotten an invite like that before," says one startled Democratic AA. Other Democratic AA's are calling Republican AA's out of the blue to see if they...
...reminded of that grand old Yankee spinster who, when asked whether she regretted not having a husband, snapped, "I've got a parrot that swears, a stove that smokes and a cat that stays out nights--what do I want with a husband?" NANCY CAREY Benson...
Easter Sunday was just another day in paradise for James and Mary Murphy of Rochester, N.Y. They had come to the $250-a-night resort of Sipadan Island, off the east coast of Malaysia, to swim among the coral, turtles and parrot fish. But that evening, as they dined with the other tourists, six armed assailants turned up. Shouting "Move it, goddam, move it!" the intruders ordered everyone to swim to boats waiting offshore...
Linden is the author of The Parrot's Lament and The Future in Plain Sight
Palau is renowned for its marine life. Divers and scientists from around the world fly to this Pacific archipelago 500 miles (800 km) east of the Philippines to view its parrot fish, gobies, damselfish, sharks, turtles, butterfly fish and stately Napoleon wrasses. The Blue Corner on the western reef is rated one of the world's top dive sites for its abundance of big fish. With 1,387 species at last count, Palau has more fish varieties than any other area of Micronesia. But a decade ago, all this was threatened by fishermen. A short boat ride from Ulong takes...