Word: exoticisms
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Cornell had many modes, and they ran from the white abstract grids of his "Dovecotes," filled with one repeated geo metrical motif-a ball, a wooden cube -to his lush romantic tree grottoes filled with exotic birds. But to see him as a reclusive American eccentric, a man working solely...
When the Government banned the use of poison traps eight years ago, Wyoming Wool Grower John Lye began losing about 10% of his sheep to coyotes. When he tried shooting them, they started attacking at night. Says Lye: "They have an uncanny instinct for trouble." Then he hit upon an...
Beats me. But I can say this: I just Can't Stop It is a landmark album. A good place to start is with their version of the old Smokey Robinson hit, "Tears of a Clown." Just after the grand introductory riff, the Beat pitches a rhythm that is speedy...
All things considered, these are not the best of times to be a chicken. First the searing heat over much of the nation this summer killed nearly 10 million birds, or about 1% of the 1.25 billion commercial chickens alive and scratching in the U.S. at any one time. Drought...
When an epidemic of exotic Newcastle disease struck California in the early '70s, 12 million egg-laying hens died, or were destroyed to prevent the spread of the disease. This time rare birds are being killed by the thousands in an attempt to protect the $9 billion poultry industry...