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The action starts when Revelation's author, John, sees a vision of a heavenly throne surrounded by 24 white-robed elders.
A few examples follow: dipper duck for the pied-billed grebe; jakes for young male turkeys (their elders are toms); loopwood or witch hobble for the hobblebush ( Viburnum alnifolium ) because the stems bend over and grow roots at the tips creating a loop that can abruptly trip a hiker in snowy woods; pippin , not for the apple, but for the tangy, red berry of wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens); pugger for ferret; quong-queedle for the bobolink; rain crow for the cuckoo, often heard before rain; scoke (or skoke ) for pokeweed ( Phytolacca americana ) of Massachusett Indian origin; skipper for a young deer; and finally an imaginative one, whippoorwill shoes for the lady's slipper orchid (Cypripedium acaule) .
"President Clinton is rehiring Joycelyn Elders ."--Greg Diamond ( Jay D. Majors and Peter Carlin had similar answers.)
This is a district which only "one Democrat had won since Adolf Hitler was running Germany," announces habitual double-dribbler Mark Shields on both Capital Gang and NewsHour . The Republican elders take more guff from the quotable Shields, who characterizes them on NewsHour as more concerned with "re-election" than the "revolution" they promised three years ago.
"Elders on Ice" observes the twilight careers of New York Rangers Wayne Gretzky and Mark Messier: The "greatest player ever" and the "most-driven player ever" are past their prime, but still know how to win.
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