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THE LONG REACH OF TINY BIRDS - Hummingbirds are inspiring new cross- border conservation efforts between Mexico and the United States.(aiding hummingbird migration)
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National Wildlife
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October 1, 2002
- Author:
- Vanderpool, Tim
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 2002 National Wildlife Federation. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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SUNLIGHT escapes the thicket, pausing on a furious flash of red and green that careens through the damp morning air. "Oh, there's that rufous again," Marion Paton whispers to visitors, with a conspiratorial grin.
The rufous hummingbird ignores the nosy humans charting its dips and dives from a hushed corner of Paton's overgrown backyard. Instead, the bird's fierce black eyes focus on a feeder, one in a row of nine, all glistening like the dessert tray in a busy roadside diner.
"He's a hungry one, for sure," says Paton, a retired school-cafeteria manager who runs her Hummingbird Haven on two-and-a-half acres ringed by thick forest. A true hummer's Xanadu, the feeding ...
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Paton: drugs swoop police took GBP 300,000
Evening News - Scotland;
May 1, 2004 ;
JANE HAMILTON Crime Reporter;
753 words
...FORMER Bay City Rollers boss Tam Paton today revealed he is set to ask police...they seized from him during a drugs raid. Paton was speaking just hours after being fined...but I'm relieved I didn't go to jail." Paton said the police had GBP 300,000 of his...
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Demo vets rap Paton's run during stint in Iraq.
AZ Daily Star (Tucson, AZ);
October 24, 2006 ;
787 words
......veterans to criticize Republican Rep. Jonathan Paton for enlisting for service in Iraq during...all politically active Democrats, say Paton is putting the U.S. mission at risk while...Democratic Party, the veterans criticize Paton, one calling his bid for the House an absentee...
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Alan Paton's tragic liberalism. (novelist)
American Scholar;
June 22, 1997 ;
Iannone, Carol;
787 words
......English had made a new beginning with Alan Paton's Cry, the Beloved Country, and indeed it could be said that Paton's novel put South Africa on the twentieth-centu...into twenty, languages. At the time of Paton's death in 1988, it had sold over fifteen...
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S. African Author Alan Paton Dies
The Washington Post;
April 12, 1988 ;
William Claiborne;
604 words
...Alan Paton, South Africa's best-known author and a tireless...cancer at his home outside Durban. He was 85. Paton's most widely read novel was "Cry, The Beloved...Over 100,000 copies are still sold annually. Paton, who until his death remained a prolific...
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'Unfit landlord' Paton is stripped of right to rent
Evening News - Scotland;
March 14, 2005 ;
RUTH ARMSTRONG;
579 words
......ordered former Bay City Rollers manager Tam Paton to stop renting out several of his city...committee. It is understood police claimed Paton's drug conviction made him "unfit" to hold...rooms at his mansion in Gogarburn removed. Paton, who owns a number of properties in the...
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Works of Alan Paton: Biographical Sketch
Monarch Notes;
Paton, Alan;
787 words
...Paton, Alan Monarch Notes 01-01-1963 Biographical Sketch: South Africa, its peoples, and its problems are the subjects of Alan Paton's two novels, Cry, the Beloved Country and Too Late the Phalarope...traditionally regarded one another with either suspicion or hatred. Paton was born January 11, 1903, in ...
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Paton arrested in Capital drug raid
Evening News - Scotland;
March 28, 2003 ;
JANE HAMILTON;
525 words
...FORMER Bay City Rollers boss Tam Paton has been arrested by police after a drugs...from Lothian and Borders police raided Paton's Gogarburn home last night in an intelligence-l...understood the three were arrested outside Paton's house as police arrived. Drugs and money...
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THRUWAY AUTHORITY ANNOUNCES SOUTHBOUND DELAYS SIX MILES NORTH OF...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;
July 24, 2006 ;
107 words
......Authority has just announced traffic delays approximately six miles north of Interchange 18 (New Paltz) due to some scheduled night...mile back up southbound near milepost 82, approximately six miles north of Interchange 18. The left lane is closed due to the construction...
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Can You Really Handle Getting Away From It All?; Eight men, in four leaky...
The Washington Post;
May 15, 1988 ;
Roger Vaughan;
787 words
......or fame. The Horton River, which begins at Horton Lake, 65 miles north of the Arctic Circle-2,614 miles northwest of Washington-would...A COMMUNITY OF 420 built around an Esso oil refinery 420 miles north of Yellowknife, the customer service manager for Canadian...
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Paton calls it a day in no-wins situation
The Scotsman;
January 6, 1999 ;
NEIL McLEMAN;
657 words
...BERT Paton last night resigned as manager of the Scottish...after a lifelong association with the club. Paton's departure means that half of the managers...no candidate in mind as a replacement for Paton, but the Clydebank manager, Ian McCall, is...
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MYANMAR. Shwe Pyi daw rock. This Buddhist holy site is located at 3000 ft...
Magnum Photos;
January 1, 1978 ;
Hiroji Kubota;
154 words
......holy site is located at 3000 ft alt, 10 miles north of Kyakito & 150 miles if Rangoon...holy site is located at 3000 ft alt, 10 miles north of kyakito & 150 miles if rangoon. burma.shwe pye daw rock at 3000 ft alt,10 miles north kyakito,150 miles rangoon, buddhist...
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Paton's Enduring Cry; A Novelist's Craft & the Quest for Justice
The Washington Post;
April 13, 1988 ;
Charles Trueheart;
787 words
...Alan Paton was as much citizen as writer, one of those...society in an age of revolution. When he wrote, Paton was not just telling dramatic stories. His...University of Pittsburgh, said yesterday that Paton "may well have done more than any other person...
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Paton widow objects to anti-crime lobby using old letter.(News)
The Sunday Independent (South Africa);
August 26, 2007 ;
636 words
...BYLINE: NOMFUNDO MCETYWA The widow of Alan Paton, the author of Cry the Beloved Country...people protesting about the crime rate. Anne Paton, 81, said she was shocked to hear that...the London Sunday Times. In the letter, Paton said she intended leaving South Africa...
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FRA. Brittany region. Morbihan departement. 1999. The 19th century...
Magnum Photos;
January 1, 1999 ;
Abbas;
118 words
......The 19th century Basilica of "Sainte-Anne d'Auray", lies 4 miles north of the town of Auray. Keywords: 19th century history historic...the 19th century basilica of "sainte-anne d'auray", lies 4 miles north of the town of auray. 1999 Magnum Photos
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UGANDA. About 50 miles north of Kotido is Kaabong, centre of the Dodoth...
Magnum Photos;
January 1, 1958 ;
George Rodger;
153 words
......Magnum Photos 01-01-1958 UGANDA. About 50 miles north of Kotido is Kaabong, centre of the...going. 1958 Keywords: UGANDA. About 50 miles north of Kotido is Kaabong, centre of the...dances get going. 1958 UGANDA. About 50 miles north of Kotido is Kaabong, centre of the...
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