"I apologize to the public that we went on strike, but overall we got what we wanted."

"I apologize to the public that we went on strike, but overall we got what we wanted."
James Rodriguez
New York transit workers shop steward on negotiations with the Mass Transit Authority.
"It looked like we had been bombed in a big war, the whole city was on fire everywhere."
Rancher Dean Dillard
On brush fires in Texas and Oklahoma.
"There is more and more evidence building up that wild migratory birds do play some role in spreading the virus, but personally I believe -- and others agree -- that it's not a major role. "
Wild bird ecologist Ward Hagemeijer
On the spread of the bird flu.
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