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Word: constrictors (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...father to invite a biology teacher to the Buckley home in Sharon, Conn., for the summer. The teacher came with his animals. By summer's end, there were more than 70 of them. The pupil later had his own smaller, but equally renowned zoo at Yale: one boa constrictor. Buckley has made two trips to the Arctic on scientific expeditions, and once considered becoming an ornithologist. On that, Brother William reverts to form: "Jim used to get up at 4 in the morning, when he was at Yale, to bird watch. Always struck me as ludicrous...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: New York's James Buckley | 11/16/1970 | See Source »

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