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MARTHA STEWART, about a camel ride she took in Kazakhstan before watching the launch of a Russian rocket ship carrying her friend, billionaire Charles Simonyi, and two cosmonauts into orbit on a 13-day journey to the International Space Station. For Simonyi's trip, Stewart packed meals that included quail roasted in Madiran wine, duck breast confit with capers and shredded chicken parmentier...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim: Apr. 23, 2007 | 4/12/2007 | See Source »

...water - which, according to a FWS spokesperson, led to an estimated 64% reduction of lead poisoning in ducks on certain parts of the Mississippi. The most recent comprehensive state ban began on March 1 in Missouri, where state officials realized lead buckshot was harming populations of mourning doves, turkeys, quail, shorebirds and raptors. Several other states, including Washington, Arizona, Texas, Ilinois and Virginia, are also considering lead bans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Taking Aim at Hunters' Ammo | 4/4/2007 | See Source »

...kites of lazy weekend picnics. They are finely tuned flying machines sensitive to the slightest tug of a master's hand. The Afghan penchant for competition and (though few will admit it) gambling means that almost anything offers opportunity for a fight and a punt, from dogs to cocks, quail, sheep, boiled eggs and, yes, even kites. The object of this cruel ballet is to slice your opponents' string with yours, sending the vanquished tissue-paper jewel spiraling to the streets below. Packs of boys too poor to buy their own kites race for the downed warcraft so that they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Kite Maker | 2/22/2007 | See Source »

...Quail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Big Quiz of 2006 | 12/17/2006 | See Source »

Answers: 1) b: Armitage; 2) Ronald Reagan's; 3) b: Brahms; 4) Vietnam & the APEC summit; 5) d: quail; 6) b: gay marriage; 7) vote; 8) the prophet Muhammad; 9) Berlusconi: b; Koizumi: c; Uribe: a; 10) 12,000; 11) a, b, c & d: all these celebs were arrested in 2006; 12) Crash; 13) a: Britney Spears; 14) c: cervical cancer; 15) c: Zeta; 16) battery; 17) a whale; 18) Duke; 19) Italy; 20) B: the Preakness

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Big Quiz of 2006 | 12/17/2006 | See Source »

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