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Neil Abercrombie: “I observed that Mr. Bishop was looking directly at me when he recited, with a look that I can only determine as…”

On the recordMarch 31, 2008
I observed that Mr. Bishop was looking directly at me when he recited, with a look that I can only determine as ``gleeful,'' he cited the razorback sucker and the bonytail chub. I am not sure whether I was being categorized by him in the sucker category or the chub category, or he was gazing at me metaphorically. Do you suppose he might be able to answer that for me.
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Neil Abercrombie
Hawaii

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Commenting on a colleague's remarks during a debate.

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