Word: birde
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Then a small, sincere bird-keeper asked, "Mr. Capp, do you think a bird could win the presidential election--say a stork-like bird...
...most popular courses, subjects range from "Why the Weather" to "Five Plays of Bernard Shaw" and "The Art of Decoupage." Those to whom current events are a mystery may take "Whats Going On?" while conversationalists who read can enroll in "Books and Coffee." There is "Bach for Beginners" and "Bird Study," "Poetry Writing" and "Playing Popular Music." Nine language courses are taught, and no fewer than eleven different music courses are on the curriculum...
...mile tour through Latin America, Conductor Alexander Hilsberg and the New Orleans Symphony gave a concert at the unmusical hour of 11:15 a.m., but the big (capacity: 3,700) Teatro Metropolitan was nearly full, and by the final chord of Stravinsky's Fire Bird Suite, the crowd was up and whooping an ovation. The only reason the audience let the orchestra quit after three encores was that it was time for the bullfights. The New Orleans musicians had left their musical mark on 22 cities and towns from Lima to Ciudad Trujillo before turning homeward last week. Verdict...
...skin of man is a remarkably telltale organ," noted Western Reserve University's Psychiatrist Brian Bird. "Age, sex, race, occupation, recreation, hobbies, economic status . . . can often be read directly from the skin. But it also reveals emotions. Many people use their skin as the principal organ of expression." Well-known examples are blanching and blushing, chills and sweats, but another emotional outlet can be eczema. "In my experience with eczema," said Dr. Bird, "the most prominent hidden impulse is anger, but eczema patients peculiarly are unable to become angry openly...
Under the impetus, of this attack, Harvard Apathy would die. Caldwell Titcomb's baroque national anthem, and the Ibis, national bird, would lead the Nation from lethargy to triumph. E unibus plenum...