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Quarantine Inspectors Find Laughs Amid Pests At Ports
ARS quarantine inspectors at ports of entry face serious duties preventing pests while encountering unusual incidents. Examples include an exporter who offered to eat soil on tractors, a parakeet reveal with a non English speaking owner, a palm carved tiki with soil, a nervous traveler with a vibrating bag mistaken for a bomb, and golf shoes bringing soil containing plant parasites. The piece ends with a Lincoln quote on spending beyond means.
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ARS
United States
Tris
Seattle
San Pedro
Calif
Public Health Service
San Ysidro
Miami
Florida
Dallas
Chicago
Dulles International Airport
Washington, D.C