Word: falconer
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...bird on the front page of The Crimson (Feb. 25, 1999) is not a falcon. It is actually a red-tailed hawk, one of the most common birds of prey in North America. According to the field guide published by the American Bird Conservancy, both falcons and hawks are classified as raptors, and their body shape and markings may be somewhat similar...
...separate these two types of birds. One such feature is coloring, which, even in the black-and-white picture you published, resembles the coloring pattern of the mature (and the bird's apparent size appears to establish its maturity) red-tailed hawk more than that of any species of falcon...
Following The Birthday Boys, a story about Robert Falcon Scott's deadly trek to the South Pole, and Every Man for Himself, about the sinking of the Titanic, Master Georgie completes an ambitious trilogy of novels that dissect great examples of human folly. But to say that Bainbridge--who is perhaps one of the best living novelists Americans don't know much about, and whose work, including this latest novel, has been shortlisted five times for the prestigious Booker Prize--writes historical fiction is like saying that Jane Austen wrote domestic comedies. These three novels, each around a mere...
...chutzpah of Long Term Capital's principal manager, John Meriwether, is matched only by the unmitigated greed and ignorance of his hedge fund's investors. They took absurd risks, and they deserve to lose! MITCH FALCON New York City...
...small crew of seamen and scientist, 27 men in all, to the southernmost shore of Antarctica's Weddell Sea. From that point Shackleton proposed to force a passage by dogsled across the continent. The trek was intended to surpass the achievement of Shackleton's great rival, Captain Robert Falcon Scott, who had reached the South Pole early in 1912 (narrowly preceded by the Norwegian Roald Amundsen) but had died with his four companions on the march back...