Word: grasse
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...strategic places on the rim of California's San Joaquin Valley, men kneel in gravelike pits. Camouflaged with grass, they await their prey. A stillborn calf lies as bait within inches of each of the earthen blinds. Nearby, other men squat beside a row of four metal cannons, ready to fire weights attached to a 40-ft. by 50-ft. net. Frustrated, they all scan the sky, hoping that the wintry clouds collecting on the horizon do not close in. The 20-lb. Gymnogyps californianus rarely seeks food on stormy days...
Unless, of course, Glynn is telling the gag as a shaggy-building story. He floods the eye and ear with bizarre images and improvised prose. It is as if the plumbing in a conventional novel had burst, swirling the styles of Gunter Grass, Nathanael West, William Burroughs, Stanley Elkin, John Irving and Gabriel Garcia Marquez (without the enchantment of a safe distance and exotic folklore...
...billion in 1990 and finally zero in 1991. If Congress fails to meet these targets, the cuts that automatically kick in will be evenly divided between defense and domestic programs, and they are likely to be applied with about as much discrimination as a lawn mower shows high grass...
...Harvard, prime playing spots include in front of Lamont or Widenet although the Yard is off-limits for about three months before Commencement "when they try to keep the grass looking nice," according to Zender. Also, hacking has been permanently banned in the Quincy House courtyard because of the danger it poses to windows...
...Definitely, that first goal should have counted," Crimson Coach Nita Lamborghini said. "It ran smoothly along the grass for seven yards and then hit a bump. There was nothing wrong with...