Word: birdness
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...proposed shores ran through villages and along roads. Yu leapt out of the car to take photos of a pair of bulldozers that looked tiny against the vast swath of empty land where they were mounding up dirt. Bounding past the officials, he turned his camera on a bird's nest high up in a poplar next to the mineral spring supposed to supply the lake. "He even takes pictures of that," marveled one official when Yu was out of earshot. Driving through town Yu passed a cluster of empty villas, waiting for the lakeside they'd overlook. Nearby...
AMERICAN PROMETHEUS KAI BIRD AND MARTIN J. SHERWIN...
...BREASTED GOOSE Twenty-six bird species, including this goose, which breeds in the Arctic, are listed by the World Conservation Union as threatened by global warming. Half are seabirds whose food supplies are diminished because of climate changes. The rest are terrestrial species, including several whose coastal habitats are at risk because of rising sea levels...
...other navigation devices would not have chosen. I can't complain too loudly about the turn-by-turn directions - they always got me where I needed to go. The graphics, however, sometimes confused the situation. Other devices now offer a driver's perspective 3D view; Alpine only provides the bird's, er, Blackbird's eye view...
...saying goes, the early bird gets the buffalo chicken. At least that’s the case at Annenberg these days—the famed freshman dining hall now opens its doors for dinner at 4 p.m. The earlier hours have been in effect since students returned from winter break, and between 60 and 100 students on average now swipe in before 5 p.m. each day, according to Crista Martin, assistant director for marketing of Harvard University Dining Services (HUDS). While many freshmen say they appreciate the added convenience, Undergraduate Council (UC) President John S. Haddock...