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Flightless species of birds (such as ostriches, which are the largest living birds) tend to outsize any of the largest birds ...

Then it was natural for American golfers to call two under par an “eagle.” Also, then “albatross” became the term used for three under par because it’s a rare bird and very few golfers ...

I worked on Bird Island research station, just off mainland South Georgia, for two and a half years as a zoologist, studying the albatross populations there. It was a real privilege to get to work ...

Despite the title, playwright Ronald Alexander has male the albatross, Nat Bentley, a talentless television writer-producer played by Robert Preston, the only lovable aspect of his play.

VERNON, CT (WFSB) - Residents are preparing for the cleanup of Winter Storm Albatross. In Tolland County, the snow started falling around 5:00 p.m. on Sunday. By 11:00 p.m., there was already a ...

Paired with PGA of America CEO Seth Waugh at Monday’s Seminole ... coming within an inch of an albatross on the par-5 15th. Canadian Mackenzie Hughes and Frank Edwards won the low-gross ...

There’s the adage “an albatross around your neck,” meaning an inescapable hardship. The term can be traced to the 1798 Samuel Taylor Coleridge poem, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner ...