Word: birde
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...long-ailing New York Herald Tribune, which has been busily expanding since brisk, 30-year-old Ogden ("Brownie") Reid stepped in as publisher last spring, had to pull in its belt this week. Five years after launching an 8 p.m. "Early Bird" edition in hopes of snaring readers from the Times (whose first edition does not hit the street until 10 p.m.), the Trib decided to drop it to save money. By pushing the first edition deadline back an hour, Brownie Reid also figures that staffers will have more time to fill out their stories, thus cut down makeover costs...
Later in this scene there are many sly references. Lady Macduff refers to her son as "Poor bird"; and her son replying as to what he intends to do says "As birds do." But when the murderers enter at the end of this scene we have an outside opinion of the problem. Remember they have never seen Macduff's son before. What do they...
...most diminutive of bird, will fight...
...cheerfully razzed him the first time he turned up at Ebbets Field in an enemy uniform. Casey understood, but he saw a chance to get even. Out in the field in the first inning, he watched a Dodger in the bullpen catch a sparrow. He borrowed the stunned bird and slipped it under...
...caught his cue. He stepped toward the crowd, bowed low to his former fans, and removed his cap with a wide, sweeping gesture. Revived, the sparrow took off and headed toward Canarsie. There was a sudden silence. Seconds later, Ebbets Field rocked with laughter. Casey had given Brooklyn the bird...