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Word: leveler (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...High-level birding requires hunting skills such as tracking ability and a knowledge of habitat and weather, plus a knowledge of bird behavior, sounds, plumages and the pattern of small clues, sometimes called jizz, that can even reveal the identity of a distant, backlighted bird...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: All That Jizz | 5/25/1987 | See Source »

...banks of the Rio Grande, had sighted groove-billed anis. The ABA decided that although the eyeballs of the Texans were indeed on U.S. soil, the birds were in Mexico, outside the official area of the game, and could not be listed. The birding world, particularly at its highest level, has a reputation for scrupulous honesty in listing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: All That Jizz | 5/25/1987 | See Source »

Like other addicts, birders can let their work slip. Don Roberson, a well- known California birder, dropped his law practice at the age of 29 to follow the birds, though he has since relapsed and returned to work. Like ski bums, some talented young birders take low-level jobs as clerks or night watchmen, thus saving their major energies for the chase...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: All That Jizz | 5/25/1987 | See Source »

...directly from an accusation that in 1951 he used political influence to evade combat duty in Korea. But for all of the contenders in both parties, the scandals of 1987 provide some clear guidance for 1988: keep your spouse in camera range whenever possible and maintain a high indignation level against offenders of all kinds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sounds of the Righteous Brothers | 5/25/1987 | See Source »

...this by declaring a reverse stock split of one share for every 1,000 shares. Anyone holding fewer than 1,000 shares would have to accept a cash payment of $41 a share, and that would whittle the total number of stockholders to below the magic 300 level...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rum Deal in an Old Family Firm | 5/25/1987 | See Source »

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