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...airlifting 800 abandoned dogs and cats out of the storm zone. Now he's gone to Capitol Hill to fight for another of man's best friends - the horse. Lassoed by his wife, Madeleine, who owns a stable, Pickens is pressing for passage of a national law banning the slaughter of horses for human consumption in foreign countries. Surprisingly, he has plenty of opposition to the bill - called the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act - including some of his former buddies in the cattle business. "I don't like it," says Pickens, "and I'm going to do everything...
...what did Pickens, a major Republican contributor, do? He picked up the phone and called his representative, Republican Joe Barton of Texas, and alerted him to the issue - only to find out that a number of old buddies were against banning the slaughter, including the Texas Southwest Cattlemen's Association, the Texas A&M Extension Service and former Democratic Congressman Charlie Stenholm, who was hired as a lobbyist by slaughter proponents. "Somebody is putting money into this for a lobbyist to be on it," says Pickens. He warned Barton that people were getting worked up over the issue. "I told...
...imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and parody the comic's way of showing envy, then Spillane was a signal success. A Life cover line on Spillane read: "13,000,000 Books of Sex and Slaughter." He didn't exactly invent the paperback market, but he certified their status as the main format for popular fiction. "Mickey Spillane's contribution is far beyond mystery or crime writing," crime-book editor Martin Greenberg says in the affectionate and impressive documentary Mike Hammer's Mickey Spillane (available as part of the three-disc set Max Allan Collins' Black Box). "I think...
...using "bribery to get its way" is a completely false accusation. Jiro Okuyama, Director Japan Information Center Consulate General of Japan New York City I fear that an insufficient level of detail in the article will lead readers to believe that Norway is conducting an unnecessary and irresponsible slaughter of endangered whales, which is far from the truth. The Norwegian whale hunt is strictly regulated and scientifically monitored to ensure a continued healthy population of the target species, the plentiful minke whale. In a country where only 3% of the land is arable, maintaining a small capability to obtain...
...fear that an insufficient level of detail in the article will lead readers to believe that Norway is conducting an unnecessary slaughter of endangered whales, which is far from the truth. The Norwegian whale hunt is strictly regulated and scientifically monitored to ensure a continued healthy population of the target species, the plentiful minke whale. In a country where only 3% of the land is arable, maintaining a small capability to supply a domestic source of food means looking to the sea and managing the resource carefully. HELGA KATHERINE PRATT Battle Ground, Wash...