Word: birding
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...makes his case by quoting at length the lovely letters Alger wrote to him and Priscilla from the Lewisburg federal penitentiary, where he served three years and eight months in the early '50s. In effect, says Tony, the letters--gentle, loving, teasing, serene, filled with the observations of a bird watcher and stargazer--exonerate Alger. Bad things happen to good people. Alger's creed was not Marxism but...neighborliness...
During the lockout, when official practices were illegal, the Pacers were the only team that left homes and families to have practices in a court in some rich guy's house. They taped their own ankles and made irrational demands of one another during drills, just as coach Larry Bird would. Nineteen-year-old rookie Al Harrington lived in teammate Antonio Davis' house, where he had a curfew and chores. This is the Little Team on the Prairie...
...Portobello Road one day--and their attraction is distinctly muted. William's charm is of a musing, terribly English sort. He knows his place, which is deliberately narrow, unthreatening. She, in turn, has the wariness of the constantly stalked. She doesn't have a place. She is a bird of passage, always about to leave one movie location for the next. The film's comedy and crises arise out of their attempts to find a refuge where she can settle down and he can open...
...fifth inning of Cuba's 12-6 ritual Bird slaughter on Monday night, an anti-Castro fan sprinted onto the field holding a sign that read, "Freedom--Strike Out Against Castro." Cuban second base umpire "Julio" Cesar Valdez took exception, to say the least...
...Early bird gets the return. "You make money by changing the rules and being there first," says Henry Silverman, CEO of Cendant. Not everyone has such clout. But by using special knowledge of your job or hobby you can spot a trend early...