Word: winterizer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...figures to be a long winter for the Celtics and their fans. The team is only 8-9, its worst start of the Bird era. And the Garden faithful have no Bird heroics to look forward to until March...
...Green Machine sputters through the dark days of December and January, memories are going to have to supply the fuel. Here are some real high-octane Bird highlights to keep Celtic Pride going through the winter...
...away there lies a lake where the great birds go in winter. Then, at the first hint of spring, they fly off in giant Vs that stretch across the Swan Sky (Philomel; $13.95). One season a female becomes too weak to travel. Her family is torn between staying with her and obeying the magnetic force that pulls them northward. With striking woodcuts in black, white and pervasive blue, Tejima, a Japanese artist, explains the cycle of the seasons and the migration of birds, which, like humans, carry on an unspoken dialogue with the changing face of nature...
...most disappointed loser in the fierce three-way bidding war: CBS, which was considered the favorite after spending $243 million for the rights to the 1992 Winter Games in Albertville, France. As for ABC, it has now been shut out of three straight Olympics. NBC's winning bid exceeded most predictions and far surpassed the $300 million it paid for the Summer Games this year...
...streets. At 16 he joined the Shabiba, an illegal P.L.O.-affiliated youth group, and later he led a protest strike and was jailed twice. When the intifadeh caught fire, he moved to the front line of the shabab, the young militants who keep the rebellion alight. Last winter the Israeli authorities threatened to demolish his family's home if he did not turn himself in. He complied and spent 8 1/2 months under administrative detention. At one point, he and two of his brothers shared a tent in the harsh desert camp at Ketziot...