Word: birding
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Another Dog's Bone. Bobby Kennedy's entry had McCarthy supporters furious. Growled Actor Newman: "It's a shame Kennedy chose to take a free ride on McCarthy's back." Bobby was called a "claim jumper" and a "cow-bird." Said a student: "Hawks are bad enough. We don't need chickens." Commented New Hampshire Attorney Eugene S. Daniell Jr.: "It is something like trying to steal another dog's bone." Pulitzer-prizewinning Historian Barbara Tuchman (The Guns of August), whose daughter Jessica worked for McCarthy, fired off a telegram accusing Bobby of "cynicism...
After twelve long hours of heart transplant surgery yesterday, doctors at Boston's Hartz Mountain Bird Clinic listed their world-famous patient in "marginal condition." Chief surgeon Dr. Amos P. Goy expressed hope the Ibis would survive, but cautioned that "one can't measure these operations purely in terms of success or failure." Dr. Goy, who in 13 previous attempts kept transplant patients alive an aggregate total of 19 minutes, said a more definite report would be possible by this afternoon...
...night waxed mercilessly into morning, a team of crack surgeons at Boston's renowned Hartz Mountain Bird Clinic worked feverishly to save a life. Head surgeon was Dr. Amos Goy, pioneer in the heart transplant and author of Your Telltale Heart. The life was that of the world-famous Ibis, found near death yesterday beneath a snow drift in Coolidge Corners...
...Bird" Beaman of the University of Texas at El Paso began the meet with his world record-breaking 27' 23/4" long jump. The second world mark was set by Villanova's Larry James, who sped...
...bird, it's a plane...