Word: birdness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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California's peregrine falcons are rarer than giant condors. Only about a dozen of them have been sighted in the whole state. So when two fledglings hatched in a nest near the top of a sheer, 580-ft. rock on Morro Bay, neighborhood Bird Watchers Vernon Davy and his wife organized a round-the-clock vigil. But falconers, who want the birds for hunting, were also on the alert...
Early this month two of them slipped past the bird watchers and climbed the peak, only to be arrested on the way down. The fledglings were returned to their nest. A second raid was organized by a three-man team of falconers equipped with climbing ropes and walkie-talkies. Although two of the climbers were caught, the third escaped with the birds. The two thieves were arraigned last week and face penalties of $1000 in fines and one year in jail. But Mrs. Davy was disconsolate. "We are sick and can't eat," she said. "Those birds were part...
...Gilded Bird. Deadlines are a problem because of the intricate truck-train-plane system that hustles copies around the world. Distribution accounts for an astonishing 25% of the Trib's total production costs. The per-copy price is high, ranging from 28? in Paris to 75? in Tokyo, because most papers must be shipped out by air freight or chartered plane. Advertising rates are astronomical; it costs as much to place an ad in the Trib as in the Washington Post, which has more than four times the circulation. Yet there is no shortage of advertisers or readers. Nowadays...
...case, belying the efficacy of the owls with which Founder Bennett decorated the paper's original Paris office as a good-luck fetish. But the Trib has been solidly profitable since 1968, and an enormous owl still holds the place of honor in its offices. Appropriately, the metal bird is gilded...
...high hopes for several products that are test-marketed: Brim, a decaffeinated coffee; Master Blend, a mix of freeze-dried and spray-dried coffee that would cost less than either Maxim or Taster's Choice; Oven Top, a chicken or turkey dressing that can be cooked without a bird; and Soft-Swirl, a mousse dessert. Meanwhile Cook faces mandatory retirement in less than three years, and the company has to pick a president who will be his heir apparent for the chairmanship. "Obviously," says Cook, "that has to happen-but there is no rush...