Word: birdness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...effectiveness in teaching basic skills to youngsters indicates that it will be a favorite of parents for years to come. "I've learned to count to ten," says Kanfer, "and I'm much better at recognizing letters now." The Cover: Photograph of Sesame Street's Big Bird by Bill Pierce...
...portrayal of the Blessed Mother is one of the strengths of the show. She takes snapshots at the Last Supper, genuflects compulsively after the Resurrection, and belts out "The Dove that Done Me Wrong" -she says of her unborn Child, "Well, it'll either be some sort of strange bird, or the Savior of the World" -with an eerie operatic raunchiness. Kay Tolbert's Mary Magdalene is a good-natured whore; her number, "You Can't Get a Man with a Prayer" ("God is just an abstraction/I need a little action "), places her metaphysically about midway between Wittgenstein and Melina...
...What was the name of the bird Stuart Little befriended and what did she save him from...
...Alice in Wonderland, what bird watched a panther devour a pie and what fate did the bird eventually meet...
...equally renowned zoo at Yale: one boa constrictor. Buckley has made two trips to the Arctic on scientific expeditions, and once considered becoming an ornithologist. On that, Brother William reverts to form: "Jim used to get up at 4 in the morning, when he was at Yale, to bird watch. Always struck me as ludicrous...