Word: lug
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...Peterson had developed during his somewhat dreamy and, in the view of his no-nonsense father, lackadaisical childhood in Jamestown, New York: looking at birds and painting pictures. Since he lacked any formal ornithological training, Peterson brought to his project a refreshing dose of common sense. People could not lug folios of Audubon reproductions to where the birds were; Peterson made his guide pocket-size. He also devised what remains the easiest-to-use method of bird identification. "I grouped birds that look alike and therefore might be mistaken for each other, instead of grouping them by species," he remembered...
Literature and Arts C-20, "The Hero of Irish Myth and Saga," is where to go for all the juicy details about the lives of Lug, Medb, Cu Chulainn and the rest of the kings, queens, conquerors and gods in the Celtic oral tradition...
Parallel to the explosion of the group's reputation has been the exponential growth of "stuff" which they lug around in trailers, necessary to the production of the show. This multiplicity of "stuff" is in sharp contrast to the earliest days of the group, when Goldman and Wink completely streamlined their belongings. "One day we just threw everything out of our apartment.... Every book, every piece of furniture, everything hanging on the walls, everything because we needed to create this vacuum, clean canvas, have this space so that we could create in it. And that was in some regards...
From now on, students won't need to lug heavy books from Lamont Library to the Quad--they can take the information home on a five-inch, iridescent disc...
Babe Ruth was a champion at almost everything he did. The dominant player in baseball history, he transformed the way the game was played. Off the field, he could scarf down 18-egg omelets, chug-a-lug boilermakers (ice cubes and all) and, it has been claimed, make love seven times a night. A beloved boor, he also liked to show off a silver loving cup he won for placing first in a flatulence contest. Yet the Babe, product of a Baltimore reform school, came up short in one area. "My grandfather," says Ruth descendant Thomas Stevens, "always regretted that...