Word: things
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Quick," he blurts. "A redheaded woodpecker. It's a beautiful thing." A Carolina wren intrudes, followed by a kestrel. It is a birders' ecstasy for a few minutes-a blue-winged teal, a pectoral sandpiper, a black-bellied plover...
...Prichard, a Mobile suburb, Mayor A.J. Cooper issued a harsh order to deputies: warn looters twice, then shoot to kill if they do not surrender. Said Mobile County Commissioner Bay Haas of the hurricane's aftermath: "We just can't believe what we are seeing. The whole thing is incredible...
...civilian government. We know it only as the civil government using the military to enforce the civil law. Actually, the use of the term martial law was really unwise, illadvised. But whether you call it emergency rule, or a one-party system, as they have in other countries, the thing is that the martial law you speak of, which the Western world may find so odious, is not the same type of martial law that we have here...
...constitution for the breakaway colony that could serve as a basis for a cease-fire and internationally recognized elections. As a senior adviser to Joshua Nkomo, the Patriotic Front co-leader, put it, "We are here for a settlement and we are taking it seriously. Posturing is one thing; reality is another...
Stage presence is one thing, acting another. Pavarotti is often an indifferent actor, though in a broad role like the bumpkin in Donizetti's The Daughter of the Regiment he can be an effective comedian. His chief asset, especially in romantic roles, is his height, which offsets his distinctly un-dashing waistline. "I never look at how wide they are, but how tall," says Soprano Beverly Sills. "It is a relief to be able to put your head on a tenor's shoulder." What carries Pavarotti through is his patent sincerity and gut-level identification with his characters...