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...fusion of naturally talented manpower with Merritt's coaching has produced a characteristic flock of Tiger stars this year. Of Bryant (6 ft. 3 in., 236 Ibs.), Merritt says: "He'll hit you just coming out of the huddle." Edward ("Too-Tall") Jones, a 6-ft. 9-in., 268-lb. defensive tackle, is a likely first-round draft choice for the pros. "Jones will go hard at you every play," Merritt says, "like he's killing snakes." Wide Receiver John Holland, according to the coach, is "quick as a hiccup...
Jonathan, for the information of any recluses who might not have heard or misanthropes who just don't care, is an adventurous seagull who wants to "fly where no seagull has flown before," to "know what there is to know of this life." This angers his flock. An outraged Elder announces, "You are henceforth and forever outcast!", and Jonathan takes it on the wing...
...instructed in higher wisdom by a bird called Chiang, whose lessons in life and philosophy and heightened consciousness take a hint from Dale Carnegie, a leaf from Dr. Norman Vincent Peale and a volume from Kahlil Gibran. Thus enlightened, Jonathan is apparently reborn. He returns to his flock and spreads the good word in a sort of Sermon on the Garbage Mount: "Listen, everybody! There's no limit to how high we can fly! We can dive for fish and never have to live on garbage again...
...What worried me at this point," McCurdy said, "was that there was a whole flock of Princeton runners and our fifth man wasn't to be found. At about the four-mile mark, though, Karl Tsigdinos was up racing their fourth or fifth man, and we were in pretty good shape...
...change in the group's concert format is concomitant with an evolution in the character of the crowds that flock to see Sha Na Na. No longer do gobs-of-grease coiffeurs glisten as the lights pan over the audience; bobby sox and saddle shoes are practically non-existent...