Word: treetopped
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Owls are supposed to be the wisest of birds, and the one who took up residence in a Yard treetop over a week ago must be having a good sagacious laugh. No example of the species Scotiaptex Nebulosa, or for that matter no example of any predatory bird, has even had much real affection for the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. But now, the ASPCA is patting this owl's sharp beak reassuringly and mumbling something about "God's Law." Any owl worthy of his feathers must appreciate the joke...
...Gorney; book & lyrics by Barry Trivers; produced by Monte Proser in association with Ned C. Litwack) is the old-fashioned musical about two young things who cannot get married because they cannot find a place to live. In fact, the young man's bachelor quarters are a treetop in Central Park-the first intimation that Heaven on Earth aims to be as cute as all hell. It gets colossally so when a roguish, broguish cabbie named James Aloysius McCarthy (Peter Lind Hayes) sets up as fairy godfather to the lovers. Slow-paced and ponderous, Heaven on Earth combines...
Probably no newspaperman in history, and certainly no other gossip, has ever sold his words so dearly as Walter Winchell. Last week it was loudly proclaimed that the inflated price of his treetop chatter might go even higher...
Incidentally, Shuttleworth is one of the two men in the Wingate outfit who wear monocles. He is a master at monocle manipulation. During a hazardous plane ride at treetop altitude and a subsequent bottle of Scotch whiskey in celebration of our safe return, the monocle remained clear-eyed and steady and was never once removed. To me this was a clear demonstration of steel nerves...
...heavy-laden Monsoon slashed through a treetop, dented a belly blister before she began to climb. This mishap did not interfere with her flight to Manchuria. Neither did an instrument panel fire en route, nor the discovery that three vital instruments (altimeter, rate of climb gauge and airspeed indicator) were knocked out, probably by the treetop. Duplicate instruments...