Word: burtons
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OWLS OF THE WORLD edited by John A. Burton. 216 pages. Dutton. $14.95. Probably because their faces seem human and often take on a scholarly look of myopic wisdom, owls have enjoyed a formidable mythological reputation. Not that the more than 130 species distributed throughout the world are aware of it. As Editor Burton establishes in this remarkably illustrated survey, owls are not philosophers but predators, perfectly equipped for their occupation. They have front-set eyes that give them exceptional binocular vision. Their heads rotate 270 degrees. Their hearing is extremely acute, partially because on most nocturnal species saucer-shaped...
...Burton S. Dreben '49, dean of the GSAS, yesterday called the proposal "a very complex plan of compromises that is the best we can do given our resources...
Thus far, the doctors' unions have been able to accomplish their aims without taking to the picket lines. Indeed, doctors generally find the idea of a strike unthinkable. "When someone's sick, you have to treat him," says Dr. Kenneth G. Burton, a general practitioner who heads the two-year-old American Physicians Union, which is headquartered in San Antonio. But it is not inconceivable that U.S. physicians may some day take part in a walkout. Says Yount: "The ultimate weapon of any organization is the threat of withdrawal of services...
...never-ending flow of surprising news events caused some unexpected difficulties. Boston Bureau Chief Sandra Burton, who with her reporters was responsible for the New England states, spent the early part of the week conducting interviews around Plymouth, Mass.-an area symbolic not only as the landing place of the Pilgrims but also as the only congressional district in Massachusetts to cast its lot with Nixon in 1972. When it was revealed at midweek that two Watergate tapes were missing, Burton was forced to conduct her interviews a second time to see how opinions had changed...
Boston Bureau Chief Sandra Burton is responsible for the six New England states from Maine to Connecticut. She reports...