Word: flock
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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CALVINO PROVIDES US with no photograph of Mr. Palomar, only a hyper-assemblage of words shifting to reveal observations and insights. If we see faceless Mr. Palomar at all, it is usually by looking through his eyes. We know of Mr. Palomar what we know of the sky-wheeling flock of starlings that he observes...
...fact, the earth seems to be reclaiming this abused chunk for its own purposes. The maples and sycamores look healthy, grasses and wild flowers are thick and high. Grasshoppers hiss. A flock of wild turkeys has moved in, as well as a pack of coyotes and some deer. "It's amazing," says the former mayor, "all these yellow flowers! They were never here before." The wild growth, however, poses a problem: vandals, looters and arsonists can hide from the security patrols more easily. But that may be remedied. "I believe the state of Missouri," says Leistner, "is looking into defoliating...
Every fall at Harvard there are certain things you come to expect. Freshmen will flock to the Hong Kong and act like freshmen. Your ID picture will make you look like Marty Feldman. And the Harvard football team will crush the pathetic pussycats known as the Columbia Lions...
Many courses draw huge crowds because they are noted "guts." Others fill the largest lecture halls because they are required. But there are a few courses at Harvard that students flock to simply because they are "fun" to attend...
...sound of machine gunfire resolves into a pulsing electronic rock beat. Staccato images flash by. A flock of pink-plumed flamingos. Bikini- clad girls on the beach. Race horses bursting from the starting gate. The ocean speeding by under the bow of a boat. And, of course, the familiar art deco logo, glowing in vibrant turquoise and pink...