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...Strangelove is the definitive Cold War satire, perhaps the blackest of apocalyptic humor. It is one of those films, and there are few others, where every line seems just right. And quotable. "You're going to have to answer to the Coca-Cola company for that," Col. "Bat" Guano tells Mandrake as he shoots open a soda machine in order to get enough change to call the W hite House. General Ripper's discussion of Purity of Essence ranks with the great madnesses of all time. George C. Scott's portrayal of Buck Turgidson is far better than his Patton...
...Emperor Gia Long at the beginning of the 19th century. Whatever the legalities. Western analysts were surprised that China regarded the Paracels as important enough to warrant the use of arms, especially when Peking has been portraying itself as a peaceful member of the Asian community. Certainly neither the guano deposits nor swallows' nests nor tortoise shells nor edible sea slugs that constitute the islands' sole resources could have prompted the Chinese to use force. More likely, they may want to stake an early claim to potential oil reserves under the sea bed near both the Paracels...
Equilibrium. A less dramatic but equally pertinent example of nature's shortcomings is its inability to recycle all the wastes it creates. One instance of such a breakdown of "ecological equilibrium" is the accumulation of tons of guano (bird excrement) along the coast of Peru. Indeed, he noted, it is only when man collects the guano for fertilizer that the nitrogen-and phosphate-rich material is eventually returned to the "biological cycle in the form of plant nutrient." Guano is not the only example of nature's garbage. Peat, coal and even oil are all organic materials that...
FRIDAY: Dr. Strangelove: Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. Purity of Essence. Stanley Kubrick's brilliant nightmare about military paranoia and nuclear holocaust. Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, and Slim Pickens push Kubrick's humor to the limits. Keenan Wynn as Bat Guano...
...even worse infestation of birds bedevils Scotland Neck, N.C. (pop. 2,869). There, perhaps 20 million blackbirds are jammed into 60 to 85 acres of pine and hardwood trees. Branches have broken under the weight of the birds, and the accumulated carpet of guano in some sections of the woods is a foot thick. No one can figure out why the birds chose this particular town or how to drive the intruders away. One man wrote the mayor with a gruesome plan for overkill: "You mix coarse meal with plaster of paris and feed it to the birds...