Word: bluebird
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...offer one of the few relics of Panama City's origins. Now a glitzy swirl of modern high-rise apartments, shimmering financial towers, cocktail parties and plastic surgery, the city was once just another of the squat and unpretentious capitals that dot Central America - almost all serviced by aging Bluebird buses, handed-down to the countries by U.S. school districts looking to dump their old fleets for newer models of transport. See pictures from Panama's historic 2006 vote on the canal...
...like a door prize and a belief that the first person you spotted on the morning of Feb. 14 would be your mate for life doesn't say much for romance. (Some maids were taught that if they awoke and saw a blackbird, they would marry a clergyman; a bluebird meant a poor man; a robin meant a sailor.) Over the years, Valentine became the patron saint of engaged couples and happy marriages, but also of beekeepers and, of course, greeting-card manufacturers. Love comes with a sting, and at a price...
...example, that used to winter in Mexico don't bother to make the trip anymore because the U.S. is now warm enough all year long. A number of migratory species that nest in northeastern forests have rebounded because that part of the country is reforesting as agriculture declines. Bluebirds are thriving, says Butcher, because bluebird lovers have been setting up nesting boxes for them for the past half-century...
...bigger part of the problem may be the sheer number of bars just yards from campus. Many stay open until 4 a.m. and encourage drinking games like Bladder Busters, in which the bar discounts drinks to 50¢ until someone breaks down and relieves himself. On Wednesday nights, the Bluebird offers beer for just 15¢. "We all got fake IDs the second we joined the sorority," says Krissy Selleck, a marketing major squeezed into a booth with four sorority sisters. "The party scene definitely took a toll on my GPA," says telecom major Anna Kumis. "But it's the rite...
...Bluebird of Don't Make Me Kick Your Butt b) the Camden Sludgepiper c) the middle finger...