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...ever a creature seemed conjured by the forces of darkness, it is the bat. With webbed wings and feral face, the furry little beast appears to be the offspring of some monstrous union of bird and rodent. Over the years, legend has had it that bats are filthy and nasty (they feed on human blood) and that they possess spooky supernatural powers (they shift shape from bat to man). No wonder they have been a motif of countless horror tales and films...
...Cole says. "The Oklahoma City bombing story has allowed me to use my legal background in a perfect way. When you deal with lawyers like Jones, you understand how they develop strategy." The case against Tim McVeigh will take many months to unfold, and Cole is grateful for his "bird's-eye view" of this process. So are his colleagues and readers...
...this fall, if all goes well, a revolutionary new undersea vessel will be lowered gently into the waters of Monterey Bay for its maiden voyage. Named Deep Flight I, the 14-ft.-long, 2,900-lb. vehicle is shaped like a chubby, winged torpedo but flies like an underwater bird. Compared with the hard-to-maneuver submersibles that now haul deep-sea explorers sluggishly around the oceans, Deep Flight is an aquatic F-16 fighter. It can perform barrel rolls, race a fast-moving pod of whales or leap vertically right out of the sea. With a touch...
...Worby all along has had defenders who value what she brings to the state. "Like a bird,'' former Charleston Gazette columnist Don Marsh wrote in 1991, "she is too vivid; her color is too bright." Added a recent Gazette editorial: "In all her plumage, she's a conspicuous member of West Virginia's ornithology ... Undoubtedly, she will continue to draw barrages. But wouldn't it be dull without...
Throughout the novella, descriptions of what is happening in the natural world are side by side with actions in the actual world. Dialogue is broken up by a humming-bird coming into the house and the way the sunlight filters though the trees...