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Caught on the Fly.(humorous sports observations)(Brief Article)(Column)
Hey didn't you used to drive for Jack Roush?
* Folks in Joisey have come to expect little help from doctors, referees and Lady Luck when it comes to their beloved Nits. So coach Byron Scott tried to get help from higher powers, bringing in his pops, an ordained minister, for divine inspiration. The result? Steph Marbury's injured finger ended his season the next day. "Even God is against us," whispers one Nit.
* Buzzing around NFL owners' meetings, raking in debate on proper headwear within the league dress code, Fly could not help but wonder: Does the league consider Bud Adams' hair a skullcap or a bandanna?
* It's good news for the D-Backs when the Big Unit's feelin' ornery, and the game face has come early. When B.U. threw a fastball at the end of spring training that struck and killed a passing dove, players cracked wise over the dead bird. Unit's response: nary a smile. "Starting now, he won't smile till October," whispers a D-Backs 'mate.
* As Fly well knows, there is no burden like the burden of genius. Little wonder that Bay Area brainiac Bill Walsh is feelin' heavy pr-r-r-ressure. He'd like to cash in his No. 9 draft chip for choice choices in rounds two and three, but he has gamed such a rep for bamboozlin' the dimwits who line the front offices of most NFL teams that nobody will return his calls.
* Sure, the Sawx's Carl Everett, a ...
- True Flies
- Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science January 1, 2008 700+ words
...x2018; true flies. ’ The ‘ fly ’ part...pupa, and adult. Fly maggots are soft...worm like. Most flies are terrestrial...pests. The house fly (Musca domestica...the most familiar flies to most people...
- FLY
- Reference information from: Young Students Learning Library January 1, 1996 700+ words
...pulvilli. With pulvilli, a fly can walk across ceilings. Flies breed rapidly. Depending on the species, a female fly may lay from 1 to 250 eggs...are also used to prevent fly eggs from hatching. Some flies are useful to people. Fruit...
- Fly ash and concrete: a study determines whether biomass, or coal co-firing fly...
- Magazine article from: The Concrete Producer Wang, Shuangzhen Baxter, Larry August 1, 2006 700+ words
Current national standards for using fly ash in concrete (ASTM C618) state that fly ash must come from coal combustion, thus precluding biomass-coal co-firing fly ash. The co-fired fly ash comes from a large and...
- FLY-TYING FOLLOWS FLY-FISHING BOOM
- Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ) DON ECKER November 27, 1994 700+ words
...produce more effective flies for trout, bass, and saltwater fly-fishing have sparked...imitations, new flies are emerging every year. Even the fly hooks have undergone...EJTU will kick off fly-tying courses on trout and saltwater flies on Tuesday, Jan...
- Filth flies are transport hosts of cryptosporidium parvum.(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Emerging Infectious Diseases Graczyk, Thaddeus K. Fayer, Ronald Cranfield, Michael R. Mhangami-Ruwende, Barbara Knight, Ronald Trout, James M. Bixler, Heather September 1, 1999 700+ words
...from randomly selected flies and the glass slides with fly excreta were examined...the traps (containing fly excreta), along with the flies, were eluted with 200...mean 73 oocysts per fly). Synanthropic flies that breed in or come...
- Flies and Campylobacter infection of broiler flocks.(Dispatches)
- Magazine article from: Emerging Infectious Diseases Hald, Birthe Skovgard, Henrik Bang, Dang Duong Pedersen, Karl Dybdahl, Jens Jespersen, Jorgen B. Madsen, Mogens August 1, 2004 700+ words
...SD) (843.5-990.5) flies (a + b)/2 x 84, with a and b representing the number of flies in the two nets) had entered...system, or approximately 1 fly per 2,700 [m.sup.3...equals approximately 30,000 flies per broiler cycle in the summer...
- Fly-fishing pro; Guide hooks anglers on sport.(BUSINESS)(WASHINGTON AT WORK)
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times October 10, 2003 700+ words
...this season is Oct. 17. Fly-tieing classes start after the holidays. A true fly fisherman ties his own flies - woolly buggers, little...This is part of the fun of fly-fishing, making your own flies," Mr. Coburn says. A...
- Fly on the windshield.(Short story)
- Magazine article from: Highlights for Children Fox, Angela L. March 1, 2007 700+ words
...First, the glare. Later on, my math test. Mom starts the engine. The fly doesn't move. Mom starts driving. The fly still doesn't move. Mom drives faster. Is this fly dead? Are his nasty little feet stuck to the windshield in a death grip...
