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...Brady, a member of the New Hampshire Citizens Action League taped a tail to his backside, painted whiskers on his face and regaled voters with stories about "fat cats" who feast on political campaigns...

Author: By C.r. Mcfadden, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Manchester Hotel Center of Nation's First GOP Primary | 2/21/1996 | See Source »

...ANTONIO: The FAA may not approve of a TWA pilot's newest safety technique, but it's hard to quarrel with success. Late Tuesday, when Flight 199 was 15 miles southwest of the San Antonio International Airport, a cockpit light indicated that the tail stairwell door of the Boeing 727 had fallen open about two feet. (The 70 or so passengers would have noticed even faster but for a bulkhead between the gaping hole and their compartment.) Incredibly, the crew wasted no time in selecting one of its number to fix the problem. "They did use a rope and tied...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hold the Door! | 1/17/1996 | See Source »

...during the birds' spring mating season, getting up at 3 a.m., driving an hour and a half, then lying in the brush of north Georgia in a green-and-tan camouflage suit, making improper suggestions in hen-turkey language to persuade sex-crazed gobblers to strut into shotgun range, tail feathers spread, beard wiggling, wings spread and lowered. Generally, Tull says, he drives back to work happy but turkeyless. The range of a turkey flock is small, he explains, and the birds, which are quite intelligent, can spot anything out of place, like a sales rep in a camouflage suit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE GOBBLING OF AMERICA | 11/27/1995 | See Source »

Despite Harvard forfeiting two games because of the late bus, the Crimson contingent sent the Bulldogs away with their tail between their legs beating them games...

Author: By Courtney A. Coursey, | Title: Checking on The Game | 11/21/1995 | See Source »

...good-natured cheering seems to indicate that the majority are rooting for the cons not to get trampled. Warden Burl Cain hopes his men, with their sometimes accomplished bull wrestling and barrel jumping, are leaving a lasting impression. "These inmates don't have horns and a fork and a tail," says Cain. "The rodeo shows that they can be rehabilitated--that they're real people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dispatches: COWPOKES IN CHAINS | 11/20/1995 | See Source »

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