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The Slice archive for Feb. 15, 2012

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 15, 2012

God's speed 

If you work at newspapers long enough, you see all sorts of politicians pass through. Once upon a time, anyway. One need not be a bitter cynic to conclude that most of them are not special people. But I've always been glad that I got…

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Thanks, I've seen it

I wish I had kept count of all the readers who emailed stories and pictures about an elk rescuing a drowning marmot at the Pocatello Zoo some time back. The total would be a significant number. If you know enough to find this, one of…

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Another Spokane Indian who moved up 

And down. Reader Les Norton mentioned several players I didn't know about. This guy is one of them. www.diamond.toppscards.com On second thought, maybe I did post his card last year. That Cotton Bowl thing seems familiar. Of course, that's not quite as fascinating as the…

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Difference between marrieds and singles

Single people sometimes have entertaining nicknames for the boyfriends or girlfriends of their peers. Writing about greyhounds in the previous post reminded me of a guy named Sam. He was an artist at the newspaper where we worked in another city. There was a greyhound…

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Release the hounds

The televised dog show in New York always reminds me of my close encounter with greyhounds. About 20 years ago, I was down in Pullman spending time with a WSU vet student who commuted from the South Hill every day. This was for a story.…

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