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Word: birdness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...woman who, greedy for his inheritance, kills his little son. She disposes of the body by cooking it in a stew that the father then eats. Little sister, who knows what is up, sadly buries the bones under the juniper. Magically, the boy is transformed into a gaudy bird who eventually kills the stepmother and then is reborn again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Happy Year to Be Grimm | 12/10/1973 | See Source »

...Bird Bath...

Author: By James W. Reinig, | Title: Crimson Swimmers to Face Johns Hopkins Today | 12/7/1973 | See Source »

Although Milne is the Blue Jays' best hope, he certainly is not the only good swimmer in the Hopkins bird bath. Six other All-Americans, as well as a stellar freshman class, are featured on the Hopkins power squadron...

Author: By James W. Reinig, | Title: Crimson Swimmers to Face Johns Hopkins Today | 12/7/1973 | See Source »

HARVARD-EPWORTH CHURCH, Aves--Magnificent Frigate Bird, Great Flamingo, by Nancy Graves (1973) and Viva L'Italia, by Roberto Rossellini, Nov. 29 at 7:30, $1; The General, with Buster Keaton, Dec.2, at 4, $1, people under 16 and over 65 free; The Town by Josef von Sternburg, and History Lessons (1973), by Jean-Marie Straub, Dec. 2, at 7:30, free, sponsored by the Institute of Politics...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard | 11/29/1973 | See Source »

...section of the stands, reefers were moving, bottles of T-bird were draining, and the choruses to a chant were deafening...

Author: By Philip Weiss, | Title: Weiss Up | 11/27/1973 | See Source »

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