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Curiosity, the one-ton, six-wheeled, nuclear-powered rover has landed on Mars.
Chicago Tribune Story
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Gyrfalcon
The Gyrfalcon, also spelled gerfalcon, -- Falco rusticolus -- is the largest of the falcon species. The Gyrfalcon breeds on Arctic coasts and the islands of North America, Europe, and Asia. It is mainly resident there also, but some Gyrfalcons disperse more widely after the breeding season, or in winter. The Gyrfalcon is dispersed throughout much of the Northern Hemisphere, with populations in Northern America, Greenland, and Northern Europe. Its plumage varies with location, with birds being coloured from all-white to dark brown.
When I was just a little kid I heard a short rhyme and never forgot it:
Birdie birdie in the sky,
Shooting whitewash in my eye.
I'm no baby; I won't cry . . .
I'm just glad that cows don't fly.
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WORD FOR TODAY
exiguous [EX-eh-juss]
Adjective
Very small in size or amount.
Synonyms
scanty - small - little - meagre - meager - slender
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Born Aug. 6, 1928
Andy Warhol was an American artist who was a leading figure in the
visual art movement known as pop art. His works explore the relationship
between artistic expression, celebrity culture and advertisement that
flourished by the 1960s. After a successful career as a commercial
illustrator, Warhol became a renowned and sometimes controversial
artist. The Andy Warhol Museum in his native city, Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, holds an extensive permanent collection of art and
archives. It is the largest museum in the United States of America
dedicated to a single artist.
Robert Mitchum
Born Aug 6, 1917
Died July 1, 1997
Robert Charles Durman Mitchum was an American film actor, author,
composer and singer and is #23 on the American Film Institute's list of
the greatest male American screen legends of all time. Mitchum rose to
prominence for his starring roles in several major works of the film
noir style, and is considered a forerunner of the anti-heroes prevalent
in film during the 1950s and 1960s.
Lucille Ball
Born Aug. 6, 1911
Died Apr 26, 1989
Lucille Desiree Ball was an American comedian, film, television, stage
and radio actress, model, film and television executive, and star of the
sitcoms I Love Lucy, The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour, The Lucy Show, Here's
Lucy and Life With Lucy. One of the most popular and influential stars
in the United States during her lifetime, with one of Hollywood's
longest careers, especially on television, Ball began acting in the
1930s, becoming both a radio actress and B-movie star in the 1940s, and
then a television star during the 1950s. She was still making films in
the 1960s and 1970s. In 1962, Ball became the first woman to run a major
television studio, Desilu, which produced many successful and popular
television series.
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Individual science fiction stories may seem as trivial as ever to the blinder critics and philosophers of today -- but the core of science fiction, its essence has become crucial to our salvation if we are to be saved at all.
--Isaac Asimov
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