Word: dolbeer
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...climate change have disrupted migratory patterns. Moreover, the populations of certain species of birds are increasing at rapid rates, thanks to changes in food supply. The Canada-goose population, for example, increased 4-fold from about 1 million birds in 1990 to 3.9 million in 2008, according to Richard Dolbeer, one of the report's co-authors...
...Cappy Ricks" is a composite character embracing the exploits of two men. One of these, John Dolbeer, long dead, was a New Hampshire Yankee. The other, Capt. A. M. Simpson, died not long ago, well into the go's. He was a Maine Yankee. Both of them were astonishingly shrewd lumbermill operators and vessel owners, and neither of them ever took a bad dime...
Kyne began life as a sort of underclerk with the San Francisco headquarters of Dolbeer & Carson. John Dolbeer's only son died in his 'teens and Dolbeer took a lasting fancy to Kyne. Dolbeer encouraged him in every manner. When success came to Kyne, Dolbeer rejoiced: when Dolbeer died, a millionaire, Kyne was handsomely remembered in the will. Dolbeer was a markedly strong figure in the business life of his day, and when Kyne writes of redwood, you may depend on it that he has Dolbeer in mind...
...Capt. A. M. Simpson there are innumerable stories extant in San Francisco's lumber and shipping world. In his way he was as striking a figure as Dolbeer. When Kyne tells about the manipulations of "Cappy Ricks'' in the pine business, chalk down a story about A. M. Simpson...
...three men I have often wondered what would have happened if they had engaged in a tripartite deal and who would have brought in the bacon. A venturesome bookmaker might have laid odds at 21/2 to i and take your pick. My money would have gone down on Dolbeer, with many mental reservations...