Word: birde
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...talk to Vice Chief of Staff Curtis LeMay, Contributing Editor Peter Bird Martin flew from New York to Buenos Aires, asked to fly home with LeMay aboard his record-setting KC-135 jet tanker. LeMay agreed to take him only if wind and temperature would permit his heavily loaded jet to leave Ezeiza Airport's short runway safely with Martin's extra weight (187 Ibs.) aboard. He ordered Martin to report back to the plane at 5:30 next morning. In a cool dawn, Martin discovered conditions were favorable, climbed aboard, was able to radio TIME...
...gigantic golden bird accosted a Yale receptionist yesterday, demanding tickets to the Harvard-Yale classic...
...Sorry, gorgeous, but I'm all dated up," responded the big bird, who was actually none other than Thresky, missing Lampoon Ibis. "I must attend in person, because I am escorting the Yale Record Owl. We will appear in something big and round...
...Ibis had departed from his perch atop the Lampoon building last summer, and persuaded the Owl to flee the Record two weeks ago. "We're nobody's birds-in-the hand," the tall bird muttered...
...upland bird hunting will be over when the sun sets today; those wanting to hunt birds will have to transfer their attention to the duck marshes. Duck hunting so far this year has been excellent. Hunters report heavy flights along the South Shore Marshes of Plymouth County and in the marshes around the Parker River Refuge south of Newbnryport. Outside the state, good duck hunting is to be found along the Maine coast and in the Narragansett Bay area...