4 TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 2004 Scalias impartiality challenged Senators note justice's ties to Cheney THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON, D.C. - Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist on Monday rebuffed two Democratic senators who questioned Justice Antonin Scalia’s impartiality in an appeal involving Scalia’s friend and hunting partner, Vice President Dick Cheney. Sens. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, presidential candidate, and Patrick Leahy ofVermont asked Rehnquist last week to clarify dis qualification practices after Scalia acknowledged joining Cheney on a recent duck hunting trip. The Louisiana trip earlier this month came shortly after the Supreme Court agreed to review a lower court’s decision requiring the White House to identify members of the vice president’s energy task force. Scalia also had dinner with Cheney in November, about two THE Daily Crossword By Alan P. Olschwang 65 Old World finch 66 Trap in an oak 67 Seth's son 68 Hebrew months 69 Three feet 70 Declaim loudly DOWN 1 Big Blue 2 Vote option 3 Chickpea dish 4 Popeye'sgal 5 "The Ghost in the Machine" writer 6 Mine entrance 7 Gatos, CA 8 Irregularly notched 9 Skin-and-bone 10 End: pref. 11 Exception to the rule 12 "No, No, _" 13 Musician's booking 18 FDR's pooch ACROSS 1 Data 5 Hardy cabbage 9 Comic actor Arnold 14 Ancient fertility god 15 Smell 16 City near Anchorage 17 Start of Pierre Elliott Trudeau quote 20 Nautical command 21 Biblical dancer 22 Insincere 24 Beret filler 25 Org. of Agassi 27 That lady 28 Actor Ray 30 Individual elevators? 32 Ms. Fitzgerald 34 Hosiery shade 36 Up to now 37 Part 2 of quote 40 German city 43 Pressing device a l g l e l s M s |t| a l r ß c l°|m[eTsl MOT hWp A S o|o P R T O B O ela R I a|Bv Efl GTeI kin d[e]r g a ritlelnlcloTpl BMpglsJ A |S~ EitorßMsM m a tIIrTe t[r E AI a v a sTtlbßu r i Mell bTeI J a i llhjo u s e l[a]w y eTr] OILIMIs TtEtNM R L sJMsTt A YtpTumiNtiS 1 11 44 Jug lugs 48 Somewhat sour 50 Peak in Thessaly 52 Keanu in "The Matrix" 53 Beach acquisi tion 54 Ridge gaps 56 "Ben Hur" star 58 Sage 60 Country singer Steve 61 End of quote I Stock Exchange TW' A {i/lLvoI? ffLom FuMcL y Steve, /^/ lFicu)c)e/i, ICeJVieJti (ZoCe, & iFlcwe,! / ff Wt, have, coat? bum \) ' Hours: J 10am - Bpm Mon, Wed, Thur & fri /\ 10am - 6pm Tue & Sat r / \J