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CALLING ALL CRANES The relationship between Japan and cranes has been a strained one. World War II disturbed their natural habitats, and the subsequent decline of the country's wetlands kept the birds away. But now a group on the island of Shikoku aims to woo them back. The Kanonji Society to Call Back the Cranes is promoting cleanup efforts and raising money to preserve crane habitats. The group also plans to broadcast crane sounds at volumes loud enough to attract any of the birds flying overhead...
...desire. Also, we are concerned that the measurements you stipulated will cause your doll to be a bit "top-heavy." While we are certainly willing to accomodate this need, just be aware that your doll will be unable to stand or sit without the assistance of a industrial-strength crane...
...Mongolian walked into the backyard of a laid-back American poet in 1987, neither imagined, surely, that they would one day be lurching through modern China in search of a teacher's grave. But Tsing Tsai proved to be no ordinary monk, poet and kung-fu master; and George Crane turned out to be a sympathetic Sancho Panza and inner Mongolian at heart. Written with the quick, vivid immediacy of an ancient Eastern poem, Bones beautifully recounts the recent heartbreaking history of Mongolia--and shows how spirit can get the better of even the deepest sorrow...
...There are some structures Spyder just simply won't attempt. For one thing, Spyder says, he'll never do anything to get himself kicked out, like going up on the crane. Furthermore, he won't go on churches, and for good reason. "I don't believe in higher powers, but I don't want to piss anyone off." He continues, "It's an agnostic kinda thing, I guess. If I'm wrong, I don't want to be really wrong...
...William H. Taft was incredibly obese. A custom bathtub had to be installed in the White House with a crane because he got stuck in the original. Cabinet members thus dubbed him iTubbyi...