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...sudden squall lashed into the U.S. Navy dirigible Macon as it plied the skies off Northern California. The storm ripped off the upper tail fin of the 785-ft. craft, which plunged slowly toward the waters of the Pacific "like a big old hen settling down on a nest," in the words of one officer. All but two of the Macon's 83-man crew managed to survive by climbing onto life rafts. The Macon's demise abruptly ended the Navy's interest in huge rigid airships...
...note hoot: "who-who, who-who." The male drops down for a closer look and settles on a limb 15 ft. from BLM biologist Oliver. "They have no fear of man," he says. In his hand, Oliver hides a mouse. The moment he exposes it, dangling it by its tail, the mouse disappears in a blur of wings and razor-sharp talons. The owl has carried it off and up to its mate, who snips off the mouse's head and ferries it skyward to the nest, where two snowy hatchlings devour...
...pulls billions from their wallets to bail out crooks and incompetents in the savings and loan industry start baying for the abolition of an agency that indirectly gave $30,000 to a now dead photographer. When Robert Mapplethorpe, that much overrated lensman, posed with a bullwhip stuck like a tail in his anus, he was parodying the image of the devil. He could not have foreseen how literally it would be taken by folk who have never clapped eyes on the photo itself...
...Dogs," by Nicholas Dunbar is a sloppy rendition of a somewhat dull concept. Pastel, dripped paint surrounds a dog, presented as an angel on the first canvas. On the second canvas is another dog, represented as the Devil, as not so subtly suggested by his red horns and tail...
Leading all scores was Yale's John Stracks, who shot a scorching 75. Right on his tail was sophomore Andy Chao, who led the Crimson with a 78, tying for second best among all scores...