Word: cecill
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...Interior Secretary Cecil Andrus last week who seemed to be the endangered species, not the grumpy-looking chick that Andrus held in his hands or the proud big bird that dug its claws into the Secretary's shoulder as they posed together for photographers. The birds were peregrine falcons, and the news was that the Interior Department is going to shelter four of them at its Washington headquarters as a start toward bringing falcons back to the U.S. East Coast, where they were once numerous. That was heartening news for almost everyone except the capital's pigeons. When...
...movie's obligatory set piece, a reprise of Rocky's triumphal jog up the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, now looks like a tableau out of Cecil B. De-Mille: as Bill Conti's musical theme reaches celestial heights, hundreds of young disciples gather to cheer Stallone on. One almost expects him to wrap himself in the flag; perhaps he is saving that pièce de résistance for Rocky...
Such arguments have found friendly ears in the halls of Congress. Rep. Cecil Heftel (D-Hawaii) adequately summarized the feelings of many in his testimony before the House Committee...
...from the old Galling weapons imported by Cecil Rhodes...
...Cecil Rhodes was the same kind of man as Engelhard, and he made his money from the same source. Why not persuade this year's six Rhodes scholars to reject their scholarships, or at the very least insist that the name be changed...