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Word: roofward (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1948-1948
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With a flutter of wings, the pigeons swept up & out. The dignitaries on the platform cringed and shrank away like troops before a strafing attack. Torpid delegates broke into a roar of delight. One bird landed on the rostrum, where Chairman Sam Rayburn scooped it up and flung it roofward again. Two landed on a platform fan, stayed there with the breeze ruffling their tail feathers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Emma & the Birds | 7/26/1948 | See Source »

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