Word: birding
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...with a long, continuous shot that begins off the coast of mid-19th-century New York, swoops through parks and over avenues, and sneaks into an old brownstone where, in an upstairs bedroom, a woman dies while giving birth. Sustained opening shots can be empty gimmicks (anyone see The Bird-cage?), but Jerzy Zielinski's vivid camera-work shifts moods so subtly in each new context that, within minutes, the various textures of Old New York--from public pageantry to private grief--are established...
...novel Stray Dogs. The movie dwells in the dry heat of Superior, Ariz., a town halfway between Phoenix and Hades. As Bobby Cooper (Sean Penn) speeds through in his '64-and-a-half Mustang convertible, a vulture picks at the carcass of a canine that looks meaner than the bird; even the victims here wear a scowl. That's Bobby: a part-time tennis player, full-time weasel who kicks cats and isn't much nicer to humans...
...process of melding a number of currencies into one is called European Monetary Union, which is customarily expressed by the acronym EMU. The English, I think, would be reluctant to use the term even if they were not aware that an EMU is a large edible bird, native to Australia...
Many early bird students were able to catch, if not worms, at least their own rooms upon landing in Cambridge last week. Kudos go to house superintendents who were kind enough to accommodate these students not just with bridge housing, but with their own space, saving them the schlep of a double move-in. These superintendents include those in charge of Dunster House, Leverett House, Pforzheimer House and Mather House...
Anon, to sudden silence won, In fancy they pursue The dream-child moving through a land Of wonders wild and new, In friendly chat with bird or beast-- And half believe it true. --Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland...