Word: birding
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...beds once full. The market for its service has decreased, but parts of the hospital complex still are in use. Deer Island is famous for another institution--The Deer Island House of Correction. It's not exactly Alcatraz, but there could be worse locations from any viewpoint. Bird Island? Well, it's not there anymore. In its place is Logan Airport...
Despite the obstacles, however, Rosalynn's drive and devotion shone through. Said Liz Carpenter, a Lady Bird Johnson aide who was at the Dallas dinner: "She's out selling with true grit a President in trouble. She says, 'I believe in Jimmy and I know you'll believe in Jimmy,' and by God she's good at it! The force of her conviction comes through." Said Dallas Political Consultant Judy Bonner Amps: "You can't help but like the woman. She's attractive, charming, intelligent and totally committed to Jimmy. People...
...husband Woodrow's illness. Mrs. Roosevelt acted as a traveling observer for her crippled husband as well as a partner in policymaking. She was, however, much more of an independent force than Rosalynn Carter is, publicly crusading for her own causes and making her own name. Lady Bird Johnson was also much involved in her husband's political life. "She was a partner," says Liz Carpenter. "Like Mrs. Carter, she was a sounding board, there to give the 'level view...
...write since Vonnegut, summering on Long Island, has taken to canoeing just as he did as a boy on an Indiana lake. "It is especially pleasant," he explains, resting on his literary oar, "not to paddle but to let the wind take you. It blows you into this bird and that bird...
Quite simply, William Ober, M.D., writes better, more delightfully and with greater flexibility than most professional critics. Borrowing from Wallace Stevens, he readily admits that there is more than one way of looking at a blackbird. The bird, of course, never looks back; the causes of art remain aloof, and there is no known cure for genius...