Word: balding
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...DeRussy, on Waikiki Beach in Hawaii, the problem was not trees but dense commercial high-rise developments surrounding the land, which made it difficult for his pilot to maneuver. David Falconer was luckier. He expected visibility problems when he rented a plane to shoot pictures of Oregon's Bald Mountain Lookout. But shortly before he arrived, light broke through the soup-thick clouds just long enough...
...might be a case of women's liberation or mistaken sexual identity or simple adolescent wanderlust. Whatever, the fact is that not since the turn of the century have bald eagles nested in Massachusetts, and there is no sign they soon will. In June, two six-week-old eaglets from Michigan's Upper Peninsula were imported by Massachusetts wildlife authorities as part of a program to reintroduce the species to the Bay State. When they were placed in cages atop a 21-ft. tower, all went well-at first. Ross (the purported male) took to soaring like, well...
Franklin's criticism of the eagle was really directed not against the American bald eagle but at its traditional European counterparts, which are symbols of military prowess, aristocracy and feudalism. His praise on behalf of the turkey and opposition to the eagle were an affirmation of the rise of domestic, democratic, middle-class values and burlesqued traditional European ones...
Baseball is a boy's game. "If you ever lose the little boy in you," shudder the fat men and the bald men in the knickers and the beanies, "well. . ." Well, it's over, that's all. You can lose a step, even two. You can lose the hop on your fastball, though you may have to learn a knuckler. But if you ever grow up, you can't be a Lost Boy any more. Sorry, those are the rules of never-never land...
...near Juneau, Alaska. Governor Jay Hammond plans to contribute some of Alaska's estimated flock of 30,000 eagles to 21 other states that are trying to rebuild their populations. Additional help came from an unexpected quarter last month when West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt gave two baby bald eagles to President Reagan in Bonn. When they are old enough later this year, the eaglets, named Carol and Captain, will be flown to the U.S. After that, air travel will be strictly do-it-yourself...