| 单词 | parrot |
| 例句 | Lourdes refilled the mosaic-lined fountain with sweet water and built an aviary in the garden, stocking it with toucans and cockatoos, parrots, a macaw, and canaries that sang in high octaves. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z That parrot man, name of Simon, came here today with one of his birds to give you. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z "He can't carry on a conversation or anything. But parrots can be trained to say lots of human words. He's not the only talking parrot in the world." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z I don’t tell him that it was the parrot who insisted I get myself a cocktail. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z They all hold back their laughter this time, for of course, Maria Teresa is parroting her big sister’s plans. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A baby parrot slept in a box in the comer. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he grabs me and looks at me closely with his good eye, just as the parrot had. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The parrot sidesteps from one end of his perch to the other, and back again. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z It takes me a minute to realize that the parrot is speaking. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z He was a small boy of six who lived just around the corner from her, and for days he had been going on about this great talking parrot his father had given him. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z No one but the parrot, who grooms himself. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z We can’t see the parrots from our apartment, but when I’m walking to Yum Li’s with Dad, I realize that I can see the nest a little bit from the street. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z For some reason I thought them stupid and then found initially from parrots, mynah birds, crows, and ravens that they are indeed not only not ignorant and stupid but in many cases smarter than people. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I’ve become so used to the captain and the parrot as a team, it makes me uneasy. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Sitting on the railing above me is the parrot, as if he’s been waiting there just to mock me. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z I don’t dare tell him that the parrot rescued me before it could. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “Maybe he’s like a parrot and only knows a few words,” suggested Emilia. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “We shall feed the parrot to the beasts of the deep, as your drawings suggest, and none will be the wiser.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z She tried not to look at him as she paced the rooms, but the parrot saw her and squawked a weak “Love you” through the pane. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z So she knew the parrot was there because she kept going up and down the stairs from her apartment door to the front door to see if Joe was coming down the street. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally, I settle on the parrot skirt Mami made me in imitation of the poodle skirt all the American girls are wearing. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z “These,” says the parrot, “are the bones of my father.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “You’ve seen the captain before,’’ the parrot says, his voice weaker with each word. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “Draw me,” the parrot says, eyeing my sketch pad. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Then one of the other kids whispers in my ear, “Don’t tell the parrot anything. That’s how they get you.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z She and Nico dropped onto a large birdcage, which promptly broke, dumping them into a cluster of potted ferns along with three very alarmed parrots. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The parrot lands on my shoulder as I do my endless shuffle across the deck. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z She said that the Portuguese trader had a yellow-and-blue parrot in a cage. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Take a closer look at that doubloon,” the parrot says. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z He listened to the motor, tilting his head from side to side like a parrot, trying to detect any noises that spelled car trouble. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z A girl with a parrot on her shoulder is strolling toward me. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z In those final moments, as the eye of the vortex contracts toward me on all sides, the parrot’s words come back to me. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “When we are free of the parrot, then we shall truly be free.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “Unexpected, unexpected,” the parrot says, “but not irreversible.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z I look up to see the parrot swooping from the map room to a high perch on the foremast. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z And the theatrical skull sings, “Storm fronts that linger upon the horizon; white plastic places where every thought dies in; swabbies and cocktails and parrots' bright wings; these are a few of his least-favorite things.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Silly to cry about a dead parrot, I told myself. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Why, sometimes I’ve felt I ought to jump down off that stand and get physical with some of those brainwashed white man’s tools, parrots, puppets. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I want to believe the parrot can read my mind, but he can’t. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The parrot bows his head in mock reverence and gives off a low whistle. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Why, Granddaddy had told me about a parrot who had lived past his century and learned over four hundred conversational phrases, as acute a mimic as any human being... The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “The parrots are in trouble. Something is definitely weird over there. The nest looks different. Smaller. And sort of—disrupted.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The parrot sits perched on some scrolls, his talons digging into the parchment. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The parrot hops down to the desk, kicks around some of the mess, and when he finds no pen, he gnaws off a blue-green feather from his back. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Over she toppled, into the hole head first, screeching like a parrot. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z I came up sputtering and saw the trout flick his tail and head downstream, where there were no girls with petticoats and no parrots. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A sailor was trying to sell an old lady a parrot. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z A bad sign when she repeated your own words back to you like a parrot. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z The shot rings out as loud as a cannon blast, tearing through the parrot’s chest. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The only sound was the fountain gurgling forlornly and the occasional squawk of a disgruntled parrot. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The parrot would call that a good sign. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z An empty parrot cage, a mangle, a towering dresser, a scythe. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z “You see what you’ve done?” says the parrot from the captain’s shoulder. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z A man with a parrot in a cage was turned away. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z She was sure the Señora would rather find upon her return a parrot, however bald, than Toscanini with yards of straight black hair. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z It had been emerald green, like the plumage of Dr. Dolittle’s parrot Polynesia. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z “Well, if it does,” instructs the parrot, “write down everything it says.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z From that day I stopped parroting the words of Oh, God! The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Who would want to attack some parrots? They have nothing worth taking.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I have yet to follow the captain’s order to kill the parrot. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The P.A. crackled and screeched like a parrot. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z You must dispatch the captain, the parrot had said—but maybe I don’t have to. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Madness,’ the parrot called it, but to me, anything less is mediocrity.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “Wow. I didn’t know parrots lived that long.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z A pair built a nest and I was able to witness the arrival of the parrot babies. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z "Thank you, sir," I say, and because it just doesn't sound like enough, I say it again a few times, as if I'm a parrot. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Sometimes I'd spend the half hour parroting whatever Agent Samson had to say. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Doctor Dolittle’s parrot, Polynesia, tells us that in order to learn animal language we must have “powers of observation.” My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Whatever advantage Einstein had over a parrot, it wasn’t vocal. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z No gulls or grackles, no birds at all, not even a parrot. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “You know how I am. I like to collect useless information and parrot it back at people. Besides, I don’t have $150 to throw away. Luckily for us, we’re guests tonight.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z It makes me think, for just an instant, of the tiny squeak that the little green-rumped parrot baby made when he fell from the nest in our backyard years ago. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z “Quite an existential dilemma that parrot has put us all in,” Mom says, smiling at him. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z “I won’t remember any of this...” she parroted, as though the thought had just occurred to her. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z He’d once told it to his friend Willie-Jay; he had described to him the towering bird, the yellow “sort of parrot.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z There was brain coral and organ-pipe coral that the parrot fish would nibble. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I shiver, imagining myself on the way to school, tumbling down a cliff, my parrot skirt flying up around me. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z I hear the parrot squawking, but he’s getting farther and farther away. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z He seems a bit irritated that his authority has been undermined by the parrot and the swabby. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z It was one thing to imitate parrots for Simon or to speak to a baby. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The parrot fortunately offered no further interruption to the entertainment the whole venom of his nature apparently having been cherished up and hurled against the twins in that one impetuous outburst. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z They left the targets and had several shots at the popinjay—which was a large, bright-coloured artificial bird stuck on the top of a stick, I see a parrot—and Kay missed these also. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z It had a pony ride, a wooden train that bustled around the parking lot, a few bedraggled parrots, and a surly spider monkey. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z The next afternoon, Matilda managed to get a rather sooty and grumpy parrot down from the chimney and out of the house without being seen. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z “An installment plan,” I said, ignoring the parrot, “you know, where I promise to give you my allowance every week and you give me the leash and the collar now.” Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z A green and yellow parrot, which hung in a cage outside the door, kept repeating over and over: The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z On the other side, the captain and I plot the parrot’s end. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The next day, the national press parroted the figures it had been fed by Strauss: “U.S. Eliminates 95% of Fall-Out from the H-Bomb,” the New York Times reported on its front page. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z He looks at the portrait of the parrot, wrinkles his nose, and throws it overboard. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “Touch it to the pitch between the planks,” the parrot says. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The enslaved parrot Methuselah, whose flesh has been devoured now by many generations of predators, is forcing his declaration of independence through the mouths of leopards and civet cats. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The captain with his single bloodshot eye; the parrot, his head bobbing in anticipation of whatever nonsense I would add to this foolishness. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The captain swipes the bird off, dislodging several bright feathers, but the parrot is undeterred. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “The parrot spoke of madness, but for men like you and me, it is as science.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z There are no miracles here, the parrot had said—but neither is there hopelessness, no matter what the serpent wants me to believe. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The captain, however, has been watching, and when the parrot flaps off very self-satisfied, he confiscates my pencil and pad. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Antonieta did not realize the music was meant for her until the parrot called her by her full name, at which point she appeared in the window. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Back home, when I used to sit in my garden, I liked to observe birds, and not just the green-rumped parrots but also the migrating species. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z At dawn parrots pour into the sky as if an unseen hand is opening, letting go a glittering gleam of green. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z A bright parrot sat on a high perch staring down at them. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z “The parrot would have put an end to our adventures forever and ever!” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The parrot bobs his head in deep satisfaction. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Last I saw, the parrot was down in the galley, hopping from shoulder to shoulder, peering in sailors’ ears to make sure they still had brains. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “Been watching you, we have,” the parrot says. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Less excusable than a wayward mouth is an independent hand that can find in a parrot’s cage a knife lost for weeks. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The parrot tries to bring a wing over my eyes. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “Getting along with the crew, the crew?” the parrot asks. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z They had a nice, loud radio and a cage with a parrot. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I ignore the parrot's echoes of right, right. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z And someone sat down on the other end of the bench and it was a lady who had a black briefcase and purple shoes and a brooch shaped like a parrot. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He’s wearing his old brown huaraches and a pair of swim trunks with parrots on them, both arms extended to the sun, and June is summarily scooped up into them. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z As they followed after Mr. Viboon, a parrot flew out from the forest, chittering as it glided overhead. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z I see them fly, I hear them high, Singing parrots bringing April spring . In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z She pulled a turkey baster out of a bag and loaded it with parrot mush. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I look away, not knowing what it means to be the focus of the parrot’s attention, and how the captain might react to it. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z No, there’s four swallows and a parrot, right? As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z You left me there watching for the parrots. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Turquoise, macaw and parrot feathers, seashells, obsidian, flint, and animal hides were among the many items traded among all the peoples who were part of this trade network. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z “The answer was right there in your pocket,” the parrot says. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The plan that was now beginning to hatch in her mind depended, however, upon whether or not Fred's parrot was really as good a talker as Fred made out. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z The parrot and the mocking-bird were the property of Madame Lebrun, and they had the right to make all the noise they wished. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z My father let the parrot go because we accidentally taught it to say bad words, but it didn’t go plumb away. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Beatrice had chosen to remain with her father, partly because she was allergic to parrots and partly because she doubted that Leon Leep could survive on his own. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I sipped my tea and turned back to my afternoon companions of pirates, parrots, and the sea. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z A foal with a parrot mouth called Sweetheart. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z It contained a scrolled wire cage, in which sat a gorgeous parrot. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z She isn’t parroting like this hardly at all anymore. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Stargazer lilies, irises, parrot tulips, tuberoses, sweet williams, columbines, amaryllis... The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z The girl takes my arm and steers me away while the parrot screeches at the man. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Fred was delighted and led her up to his bedroom where a truly magnificent blue and yellow parrot sat in a tall cage. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z For her outfit, she also picked out her skirt just like my parrot skirt, but she insisted on a poodle when Mami made hers. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z No, she thought, you are not going to catch me so cheaply; I do not understand words and will not accept them in trade for my feelings; this man is a parrot. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z Grandfather hadn’t seen the foul-mouthed parrot in days. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z We listened to parrot prattle and sat confined, uncomfortably close to Our Father. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z We came to the parrot cages, my other favorite place. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z He looks like a panther staring down at a parrot. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z I wonder if I have a recipe for parrot stew. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z I wondered if the parrot’s words might soothe him. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The parrot, now perched on a hanging lamp, looks at me and shakes his head sadly at the captain’s comment. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “This is all the parrot’s fault,” the captain tells me. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z I learn to focus the binoculars and actually see one of the parrots fly out of the nest. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z When I was eight years old, a flock of wild, green- rumped parrots moved into the fishtail palm tree by the back wooden fence. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z We screamed in the weak voice of a parrot for Totchy to come and wash those dishes. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z The chances of finding the parrot struck me as fairly slim. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z The voice parroted back his name and told him to press one to confirm the information. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z My sisters feel sorry for the parrot but I don’t. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She starts chanting, "May I tell your fortune? Step up, and me and my wise parrot will tell you what the future holds!" Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z “Do you forsake the parrot and all his lies?” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The parrot and the mocking bird were the property of Madame Lebrun, and they had the right to make all the noise they wished. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z Safer tells him about the parrots being back, and they high-five. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z It is only after the captain is gone that the parrot lands on my shoulder—something he rarely does—and says, “We need to talk.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z I press the pistol to the parrot’s breast. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “The Nemesi will end this voyage. The captain will go down with the ship,” the parrot says. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z I still wasn’t sure what a parrot was, but I decided this was not the time to pursue it. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z What if I marked him with some English word I taught him, as stupidly as we doomed our parrot? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He had never heard of barn swallows before, but he had definitely heard of parrots, and no parrots were present. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z How could you leave your umbrella behind if it had a parrot’s head for a handle? Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z He was studying that big Catholic-looking cross around the neck, and probably thinking over all we’d heard about Brother Fowles going off the deep end, plus every curse word ever uttered by the parrot. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the parrots murmurs something in her sleep. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z “What do you want now?” she asked, looking sharply over her spectacles, while the parrot, sitting on the back of her chair, called out... Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Beneath a fuzzy Xeroxed photo of what appeared to be a chicken was a description of a missing African grey parrot that had flown out of the store when a customer opened the door. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Then, out of nowhere, the parrot swoops down, his wings wide, and he grabs me, his talons digging into the ridges and convolutions of my gray matter. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “The parrot had faith in me, too,” I tell him. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Carlyle and the parrot stop in once in a while, but only for a moment. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z She also admired Matilda who had sworn her to secrecy about the parrot job she had brought off at home, and also the great hair-oil switch which had bleached her father's hair. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z Blue and yellow reminded them of a parrot; they dubbed it Macaw Cottage. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z She went on to say that she wanted all her children to absorb the meaning of the words they sang, not just mouth them, like silly-billy parrots. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z I think I need to live on this man’s shoulder like a parrot. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z I turn my eyes up to the sails, but can’t find the parrot. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z As long as I am a key part of both the captain’s and the parrot’s schemes, then both are safe if I make no move one way or the other. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z There were other animals in the house besides the parrot. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he pounds his fist on the table so hard it makes all of us jump, and the parrot flaps his wings powerfully enough to lose a few feathers. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Only the parrot is there, sitting on a perch between the captain’s cluttered desk and a globe that has all the landmasses wrong. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z He seems to have no opinion about the captain, but of the parrot he says, “That bird sees everything. I gave up keeping secrets from him long ago.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z I glance to the parrot on his shoulder, and the parrot shakes his head, making it clear I should keep my mouth shut. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “Not good,” says the parrot, seeing what I see. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z She checked on Herky, the parrot, to see how he was doing. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “The parrot would have seen you never complete this journey.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The sheer parrot green sari she pleated and tucked into her petticoat had been laid out for her on the bed by her mother. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “He parrots anything anyone tells him. Most of the time he can hardly string a sentence together.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Bathilda also parrots the family line on Ariana, calling her “frail” and “delicate.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “A parrot can be taught phrases in Latin. It proves nothing.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z I reach down to feel the flintlock pistol still in my belt, but silencing the parrot will do no good. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Our stealth destroyed, the captain now rages in venomous fury at the parrot. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z I watch the parrot checking in with the crew members one at a time, landing on their shoulders, or perching atop their heads for a few moments before flying off to the next. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z She stuck the baster into the parrot’s beak and squeezed the baster bulb, and the parrot closed its eyes with satisfaction. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I walked through the manioc, brilliant green parrots scattering before me. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Now the parrot winks at me any time he sees me, to remind me of our secret conversation. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Had called him “my parrot” all these years. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “Be my second eye,” says the parrot, “and I will offer you something the captain never will. A way off this ship.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Fyntan and Celine must have been alarmed by our misguided outpost in Kilanga, where we slept in their same house, antagonized their former friends, even turned their parrot out to nature’s maw. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The parrot, shivering and barely turning his green and blond head, told her each time, “Love you.” Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He holds the little leather pouch of the remains of the parrot’s father, ready to roll-and-read whenever the captain asks. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z When the littlest parrot was pushed from the nest, I rescued the tiny creature, naming him Fallen. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z The parrot has rounded back and landed on me, digging his talons in to keep from being torn away by the wind. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z I sound like a parrot, repeating everything she says. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z The parrot has an eye patch and a security badge around his neck. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Methuselah is an African Grey parrot with a fine scaly look to his head, a sharp skeptical eye like Miss Leep’s, and a scarlet tail. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I grab the parrot’s limp body and hurl it from the crow’s nest, watching it arc across the sky like a feathery fireball, until it is taken by the sea. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z "You live in a tree? Is that because of the parrot?" Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z The parrot arrives, flapping up from far below, and sits on the cash register. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z It made the parrot into a less noble creature than God intended. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Somebody done stole my parrot? Well, I guess that means I’m just gon’ have to talk to you now.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z I awake to find the parrot watching me from the foot of my bed. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “That he is, that he is,” says the parrot. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The women were all sitting up and knitting or riffling through magazines or putting their hair in pin curls and chattering like parrots in a parrot house. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Though it is from Ashima’s father, no drawings for Gogol adorn the margins, no elephants or parrots or tigers. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I'm pretty sure only the mom green-rumped parrot and I knew this. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z The parrot flies off, not wanting to watch, and the captain, before he gives the order to do the deed, leans close to me. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z It occurs to me that parrots always appear to have a pleasant smile, kind of like dolphins, so you never truly know what they’re thinking. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The parrot sighs, digs his talons painfully into my shoulders, beats his wings, and lifts me away from the ratlines of the foremast. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The girls parroted him, but I said nothing. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Tom had bought the parrot from a sailor. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The parrot whistles with either disgust or appreciation at the spandex flexibility of the yarn. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Sometimes she would hold out her hand and birds would fly out of the woods to settle on her arm—lorikeets, parrots, doves. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “Good of you to come, good of you to come!” says the parrot. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z But in the case of the cursing parrot that first long rainy day, Methuselah could not be made to copy the Bible. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The lore-master protests, beginning to hyperventilate at the suggestion, then the parrot flaps out of nowhere to the captain’s shoulder. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The parrot wheezes one final breath and goes limp. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z As invasive as the eye of the parrot. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Between us stands a parrot cage that we found for the cat. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z A parrot can say anything Albert Einstein could say, as well as mimicking the sounds of phones ringing, doors slamming and sirens wailing. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z For three days Fifth Avenue was colored like a parrot. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z “Come in!” she cawed like a pirate parrot. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The parrot would call this the grandest of failures, I’m sure. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z "The something-Christos parrot, I like that. And the track star? Has he won any more medals?" The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z "He had some white stones too, an' a bird cage with a green parrot. He didn't blow the white stones, of course, an` he said." Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z He was a red, green, and yellow parrot that had been smuggled from Mexico by Don Pancho, an undocumented farm worker who was my father’s friend. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z “Button up,” said the parrot, and Liza scowled at him as she had at her growing children when they were mutinous. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I had thought he meant the chocolate coins in my memory—but the parrot wasn’t in that memory. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The parrot, growing wary, takes a healthy sidestep away, perhaps not wanting to associate himself with anything the captain says. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Little parrot or not, I am almost twelve and have to learn some manners. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z We supped together in the kitchen, only the two of us and the parrot because Father had dismissed the other servants. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z They were pretty far out on the water when he perked up suddenly and shouted, “Oh, the parrot! Methuselah! How is he?” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z So I do a second sketch that does look like the parrot, eye patch and all. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Without thinking, she had parroted the words that made her cringe inwardly every time she heard them from Muff or Pastor Tom. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Even the crusty old iguana and a gray parrot that bit me six times. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Perched on a crooked branch, a brightly colored parrot stretches its wings. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Waker once said something very interesting to me on that subject—in fact, I’m merely parroting what he said to me. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z I keep expecting the parrot to voice an opinion, forgetting that he’s not in the room. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z I didn’t have time to worry about fevers or husbands or rude parrots. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The captain has an eye patch and a parrot. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Besides, if Mother ever came through the door to find a strange parrot whooshing about the apartment, she would faint away. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z I hear our neighbor’s new parrot, Prophet, through the open window. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z I don’t answer her because I’m not sure if I can trust anything the parrot says. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The parrot wanted to sit on Nancy’s shoulder. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The parrot looks past me, over my shoulder. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The empty house frightened her, and she nearly fainted when the landlord’s parrot spoke to her in the dark. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Pascal was almost three, picking up English like the smart little parrot he is. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Everything she said in her therapy sessions was supposed to be confidential, but Kaira suspected that Polly, like a parrot, repeated everything to El Genius. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z The navigator stirs in his sleep, and the parrot waits for him to be still, then leans closer to me. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “You never get in trouble for telling the truth,” I said, parroting Mrs. Merritt. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z He was dressed like a pirate, with an eye patch and a fake stuffed parrot elasticked to his arm. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z The sun bears’ domain is wood; the parrots’ is wire mesh. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z She lets her parrot hop onto her wrist and looks at it instead of me. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Any time of day you can hear the parrots chattering in their cages. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I hate when Mami worries about me and starts calling me her little parrot and treating me like I’m five again. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z He said, “You need a messenger. Listen, I’ll tell you what to do”: Bring a beautiful pottery jar painted with parrots and big flowers. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Koffi parroted back the very words the old woman had said to her in the market. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z "Rattle my bones!" the parrot said, giving a wonderful imitation of a spooky voice. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z Above his head hung the cage of King George, the scraggly green parrot won in a card game. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “A girl’s best weapon is her smile,” Taylor parroted. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z The parrot flies across the room and returns with a small leather sack in his beak. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Coach could keep shouting at us until we all parroted back what he wanted, but I knew English and Shannon answered because they had to, not because they wanted to. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The parrot perches high on the foremast, squawking at a volume far too loud for such a small bird. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z When the captain sees me make no move to apprehend the parrot, he grabs me and hurls me from the helm to the main deck. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “It came from—” I point through the window at the parrots’ nest. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Still, the little parrot hopping around on the neighbor lady’s shoulder and burrowing its beak into its feathers is pretty cute. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z Rewinding, and living it again, this time without the captain and the parrot and the pills and the shoelace-free bowels of the White Plastic Kitchen. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z She was scrubbing vegetables, and a parrot perched on her shoulder. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z An ill-bred falcon, who was subject to the vice of screaming, stood hooded and motionless on a perch like a parrot’s, brooding in some ancestral nightmare. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I wonder if the parrot has suffered the same fate as his father, and has had an unwanted visit to the galley, which is nowhere near as sterile and bright as my dream-kitchen. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z I look around, wondering who Jay is, and see she's talking to the parrot riding on her shoulder. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z I point my tongue like a parrot’s, letting it touch the ice cubes that tumble toward my mouth. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z We hang out and watch the parrots until dinner. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The parrot comes out of the lightlessness, strutting toward me, but he’s the size of a man. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “If only they could talk back like my parrot used to, huh?” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z I have yet to take the parrot’s dire warning that I must kill the captain. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Leaving his family behind to pack up his library, White grabbed a birdcage “containing a talented green parrot” and drove toward a friend’s house where he hoped to store his possessions. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z They parroted “Space Boy” and invented semicreative variations of their own. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z I curled up at the foot of the bed, but I couldn’t sleep trying to figure out what a parrot was. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z The captain’s jaw is fixed and he offers no response, but the parrot says, “You’ll have friends, lots of friends here too, here too!” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z They include cat scratch fever from our cats, leptospirosis from our dogs, psittacosis from our chickens and parrots, and brucellosis from our cattle. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He collapsed into the nearest chair and waved off a blue parrot that was trying to land on his head. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z On one side, the parrot and I plot mutiny. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z He urged Americans to "stop listening to the self-interested propaganda of the oil companies and their parrots in Congress". Robert Redford attacks big oil, politics on spill 2010-06-04T19:57:00Z In “Addicted to Her Privilege,” the magma-bright colors of a parrot tulip surge upward in viscous yellows and reds. Burgers’ ‘Eternalism’ : flower power with philosophical twist 2013-01-10T22:12:03Z The girl, Rani, and the parrot, Jay, become Kabir’s friends, making his crash course in the harsh realities of street life in Chennai feel like an adventure. A Jailed Indian Boy Chases His Scrap of Sky 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z Yet there she was, sitting behind a big bunch of yellow parrot tulips at the headquarters of Flowerbx, her company in north London. The Flower Disrupter 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z By the age of 18 he received permission to draw from life the parrots of London Zoo and, from 1830 to1832, he published in total 42 lithographs of parrots. Two hundred years of nonsense 2012-05-22T07:39:49Z Unsurprisingly, Mr. Trump’s followers like to parrot him, bashing, say, the “failing media” or the “fake news,” urging him to “drain the swamp” or slandering his former opponent as “Crooked Hillary.” What We Talk About When We Talk About and Exactly Like Trump 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z Furthermore, it embodied its influences' risk-taking spirit rather than simply parroting their sound. Erykah Badu: New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh | CD review 2010-04-01T14:35:00Z You wish you could cover him, like a parrot, when you want him to be silent. The Devilish Life and Art of Lucian Freud, in Full Detail 2021-01-18T05:00:00Z “Memorizing anything is associated with rote learning, the mindless parroting of information under an authoritarian teaching style.” Make kids memorize poetry 2012-06-13T02:00:00Z In those states, sale and ownership of the birds are outlawed, according to parrot enthusiast websites and state wildlife and fisheries departments. Parrots, nesting in peace, attract New York cemetery visitors 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z The German’s painted parrot remains, so far successfully delivering the longevity it promised centuries ago. Is Winedale historic center succumbing to neglect? 2014-07-20T04:00:00Z Later that day, Mr. Suskind picks up a puppet of Iago, the parrot sidekick in Disney’s animated “Aladdin.” ‘Life, Animated,’ by Ron Suskind 2014-05-21T04:00:00Z Harmony is made of not people parroting or repeating each other’s notes, but the opposite: The blend of very different notes creates the chord. Remember When ‘Figaro’ Was Set in Trump Tower? 2016-11-25T05:00:00Z The mainstream media continues to parrot wildly inaccurate figures regarding unemployment in an overt attempt to paint a misleading, less pessimistic portrait of our economic situation. The class war is a one-sided fight — and the very rich are winning 2017-07-12T04:00:00Z Its microscopic bits of feathers were plucked from hummingbirds, parrots and other birds. A Designer’s Sale of Memorabilia 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z Yet it was impossible not to remember the fecund flowers of last July when Mr. Galliano’s blooms were a hothouse explosion of parrot tulips with the flower-women headdresses wrapped in vivid cellophane. Special Report: Fashion: 3 Weddings and a Dior Carnival 2011-07-04T18:10:04Z It was an entertainingly subversive lob at," he wrote, "the wiseacres who repeat the parrot cry that art should never be didactic. Seattle Shakes delivers a fine 'Pygmalion' 2012-02-28T23:02:04Z Andrew Jackson had a pet parrot he taught to curse. Presidents' Day trivia: Surprising facts about each U.S. president 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z Upon discovering this fact, I realised I had more than once inadvertently sexed up a parrot. Do our pets ever really love us – or do they just stick around for the food? 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z She was an anxious woman who was frightened of everything, Cleese said, including very loud snoring, megaphones, sheep, shouting, large cars, cows in general, things being dropped, parrot houses and chiming doorbells. It's 'So, Anyway' by John Cleese, not 'Monty Python' by John Cleese 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z Days before we left, his gray parrot, who every summer for three years had gloried in sitting in the apple tree each morning, flew away. Finding the Heart 2018-11-04T04:00:00Z “He was always funny,” Steinberg said, recalling an ancient joke about a parrot that Mr. Brezner told in a thick Yiddish accent at a surprise party last spring. Larry Brezner, manager who helped shape the careers of Robin Williams and Billy Crystal, dies at 73 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z Existentialism was fashionable in England in the 1950s, and we all read Sartre and parroted the view that "Existence precedes essence." Once upon a life: Margaret Drabble 2010-12-05T00:05:00Z The “Thousand and Second Night” evening in 1911, for example, involved 300 guests dressed in Persian costumes, décor complete with fountains, and parrots and monkeys. The Rebirth of Paul Poiret 2017-07-05T04:00:00Z We dove between miniature canyons of coral, watched a rainbow of parrot fish chomp away at the reef and happily cavorted in the light surf. Exploring the far-flung natural beauty of the Bahamas’ ‘out’ islands 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z So Gladman resigns himself to staying alive until the parrot has lived out its life. Heard the One About the Hole That Swallowed Part of Chicago? 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z Best animal performance is a category, with nominees like a parrot dancing to Willow Smith's song "Whip My Hair." Lady Gaga leads MTV's O Music Award nominations 2011-04-05T13:20:13Z A taxidermied parrot in a hanging birdhouse seems to recite American language lessons. Kemang Wa Lehulere Constructs a History From South Africa’s Shadows 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z With the lifting of the ban, it would seem that all Jews, on their annual holiday of freedom, are finally as free as their parrots. And, on Passover, God Gave the Israelites Back Their Legumes 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z I zigzagged through a large group of cockatoos and brightly colored crimson rosella parrots and hopped back into the car. Stunning Vistas and Wildlife Along Australia’s Great Ocean Road 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z "Yes Scotland", Scotland's main pro-independence movement, parroted the letter's language to say Scots didn't value being governed by a British government it described as "dreadful". Jagger, Hawking join big celebrity push to keep Scotland in the UK 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z As you ride back toward town, notice the ficus hedges, artfully sculpted or forming towering walls, and watch for pelicans and parrots overhead. What to Do in Palm Beach, Fla. 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z It's easy to catch Montgomery's interest in and affection for everything from crows to hawks to parrots. 'Birdology': The life and times of birds and their devoted watchers 2010-05-05T22:07:00Z “Imagine a bird cage big enough for a large squawking parrot,” she wrote. Maxine Kumin, Pulitzer-Winning Poet, Dies at 88 2014-02-07T20:50:12Z A green parrot is also a green salad . Picasso's politics 2010-05-07T23:09:00Z A parrot looks mightily annoyed while a monkey clutching the stalk of a fruit wonders whether it is time to make off. Auctions: No Starry-Eyed Buyers at Christie's and Sotheby's Art Sales 2011-01-27T12:30:03Z He surveyed the wreckage of the bedtime routine and strategized about stopping the children’s parroting of his profanity. Motherlode: Making Childhood Memories 2011-02-08T20:41:23Z The most celebrated of the charismatic endangered species on this island is portrayed on the national flag: the darkly imperious Sisserou parrot, found nowhere else on the planet. What Dominica is: Beautiful, natural. What it’s not: Cluttered with resorts. 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z In a recurring gag, an actor styled as a parrot sings a version of “Rockin’ Robin” while scrolling through his phone. Review: ‘Me the People,’ a Spangled Satire of a President Beyond Parody 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z Then there are Roy's own strange things: the clay shoe and quill, the parrot. Photographer Richard Nicholson's best shot 2011-01-12T21:59:00Z Constand’s mother tells him the noise he hears is being made by her pet parrot. Bill Cosby’s sex assault trial is set for June — and may include testimony from 13 women 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z This parrot is not deceased, it is merely resting. Move aside Emma Watson, here are four new ways to be single beyond ‘self-partnered’ 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z A man who did some of the killing begins to sound as if he is merely parroting whatever the authorities say, just as he followed the instructions to kill 20 years ago. Television Review: ‘Coexist,’ About Rwanda 20 Years Later, on PBS 2014-04-09T20:32:23Z They find it hilarious that a birdwatcher would visit Colombia's most dangerous region looking for parrots; "thirty years of low-intensity warfare", writes Fountain, "had given the rebels a heightened sense of the absurd". Brief Encounters with Che Guevara by Ben Fountain – review 2013-06-29T08:00:19Z The scene has become a feedback loop of reciprocal parroting so grotesquely divorced from any genuine humor that the effort falls painfully flat. Not all animals have a use: The passing of John Berger brings to mind a prancing cockatoo 2017-01-07T05:00:00Z My mum used to go out and buy stuffed parrots and things like that — she just loved bright, shiny things. Boy George Loves His Deeply Flawed Heroes 2023-07-01T04:00:00Z In the Victorian era, for example, you might say, "My chuckaboo is smothering a parrot" to describe a good friend who was sipping on an absinthe neat. From GOAT to ghost: Here are America’s 30 most googled slang terms 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z The huge cast includes storm petrels, Australia’s “fire hawks” and the kea, a cheeky New Zealand parrot. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z Written by Sy Montgomery, with photographs by Nic Bishop, the book details the intensive efforts to save the "world's strangest parrot" from extinction. A look at the other prizewinning books for kids 2011-01-22T03:04:04Z Purloined Scotch, a concussion, an ill-timed parrot: Morgan drops plenty of zany twists into readers’ laps, and the latter part of the novel takes on a speculative dimension. 13 New Books Coming in July 2021-06-23T04:00:00Z In the guise of a centerpiece, an uncaged parrot was fed grapes by Dawson as he stroked a pet rooster in his lap. T Magazine: The Last Casbah 2011-05-20T14:00:57Z As soon as we pulled over to enjoy the view before the tunnel, a large green parrot landed on our car hood with an insouciant thump. Mountains? Rain forests? Fjords? New Zealand’s Fiordland National Park has them all. 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z In a 1979 article, People magazine not only detailed Laffer’s theory, but delved into his years at Yale and Stanford and described his “menagerie of turtles and parrots and a pet weasel.” Tax-cut guru still says he’s right about Trump, Truss and trickle-down 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z "Osteology Study III — Sylvilagus dicei," at first glance, looks like a parrot skeleton. Davidson Galleries: Artists play mind games using sharp skills 2012-07-18T18:52:03Z Instead of locking Hariyal up, officials gave the parrot over to Maharashtra's forestry department, where he could presumably fly — and curse — freely for the remainder of his life. 25 animals that have been imprisoned or arrested 2021-09-18T04:00:00Z One footnote goes so far as to assert that the ancient text included a forerunner of Monty Python’s dead parrot sketch. Book World: Mary Beard’s “Laughter in Ancient Rome” reveals history of humor "I ask questions. I hear myself parroting something she would say," said Jones. What we learned from "The View" reunion, from the fight that started it all to Joy Behar's firing 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z I can't imagine a squawking parrot is always a comfort to young patients dealing with trauma, but anyway, the doctor has one. "Orphan: First Kill" horror homages, from the ribbon around the neck to that knowing bird 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z At the center of one is a parrot, a notoriously long-lived bird, meant to bring longevity to the family that lived here more than 150 years ago. Is Winedale historic center succumbing to neglect? 2014-07-20T04:00:00Z Vikar is merely a blank slate for Hollywood to inscribe, a zealot woodenly parroting others’ opinions. ‘Zeroville’ Review: An Innocent Finds a New Religion 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z They will, however, believe him and the people who parrot his lies and illogic, including our country's current president and his political enablers. "Frontline: United States of Conspiracy" shows how Alex Jones conquered the truth 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z The film opens with Daniel being fired from his job voicing a cartoon parrot called Pudgy after a crisis of conscience during recording, when he refuses to voice Pudgy enjoying chuffing on a cigar. My favourite film aged 12: Mrs Doubtfire 2020-05-13T04:00:00Z A family owes their lives to their beloved parrot. Parrot shouts 'fire' to warn family about blaze in kitchen 2020-02-23T05:00:00Z Once a bohemian oasis where visitors were welcomed by an aggressively friendly parrot named Cooky, Tamarin has been reimagined as a swank cocktails-and-dinner spot. 36 Hours in St. Barts 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z True blue bloods, their closest relatives are snails; they've got beaks like parrots; their brains are shaped like donuts, with throats running through the middle: the phrase "brain food" was never more appropriate. Tonight's TV highlights: Giant Squid: Inside Nature's Giants Special 2010-10-13T23:05:00Z He owns a valuable watercolor by Whistler as well as a worthless stuffed blue parrot that looks like a carnival prize. Is it normal to hoard? 2014-03-16T00:00:00Z The designers put zebra, giraffe, leopard and tiger prints on short and flirty or long chiffon dresses, pencil skirts, bustier tops, jackets, coats and tights while colorful parrots and pelicans adorned silky shorts and skirts. Dolce & Gabbana takes fashionistas on a jungle trek at Milan show 2019-09-22T04:00:00Z Eventually they interred it in the garden alongside — of course because it just had to be — the remains of a parrot. Review | Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s son recalls the death of a literary giant 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z I don't want to read a leaflet about a local parrot park or make small talk with a travelling sales rep that leads to an eye-watering tale about her ectopic pregnancy. Grace Dent's TV OD: Three In A Bed 2011-04-01T23:06:00Z Eventually, accepting they'd get no pertinent information out of the feathery accomplice, the police sent the parrot to a zoo so it could be trained to fly and eventually released. 25 animals that have been imprisoned or arrested 2021-09-18T04:00:00Z She is prone to parroting her thesis and lapsing into somnolent praise. What Made Leonardo Such a Great Artist? Science, Says a New Book 2020-12-08T05:00:00Z The lads have left their pudgy cat with a blind guy who collects parrots. Review: Can't Get Much Dummer Than Dumb and Dumber To 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z It also was a habitat for her beloved menagerie of monkeys, eagles, hairless Mexican dogs and parrots. Artists works show how their gardens grow: The seeds of creativity 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z He prepared goody bags of provocative T-shirts and coffee mugs, toy parrots spewing swear-word vocabularies and key fobs that emitted orgasmic moans. First Amendment Treatise, Filled With Naked People 2010-10-10T19:47:00Z A stark, white-tiled space with an austere, industrial feel — warmed up only slightly with artwork featuring Key West elements such as a watercolor of a green parrot. In Old Town Key West, a Hotel with Artsy Aspirations 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z The playwright parrots her subject's vitriol without ever finding her voice. Despite star Laura Linney, 'Switzerland' an unconvincing stab at noir 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z She’s also responsible for providing him with an unorthodox source of palliative care that he cherishes far more than Japanese knives and memories of pork sandwiches: a parrot. Tragicomic Fiction That Masquerades as an Extended Lawyer Joke 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z Life span: Depends on the breed, ranging from seven to 10 years for a finch, up to 15 years for a parakeet to as much as 70 years for other parrots. Choosing the best pet for your family “Steve is a polymath, which is not a parrot good at algebra.” Nudge Nudge: New Books by Eric Idle and John Cleese 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z Above us, howler monkeys scampered through the trees, and parrots and toucans glided through the air. Journeys: The Beasts and Beats of Belize 2012-08-22T21:27:15Z Many birds decline — the parrot feels too safe in its cage, the falcon does not want to leave its master, the nightingale will not leave its love. 'The Conference of the Birds': reviving a 12th-century Persian epic 2011-11-16T22:53:03Z This time, however, Poppins floats down holding a battered kite rather than her parrot umbrella but with her signature carpet bag still in hand. Emily Blunt's terrifying moment as the new Mary Poppins 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z Did she post a video of the teaser that we just made?’” she said, parroting a few common requests. The Education of Amandla Stenberg 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z I sit across from the PR professional grieving her parrot. What happened when I went to psychic school 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z By what metric is Donald Trump being “destroyed”? Which America has been waiting for a self-described parrot banker to tell it just how loutish and disgusting the Republican frontrunner really is? They’re not eviscerating Trump: John Oliver and Stephen Colbert will never save us from fascism 2016-03-12T05:00:00Z He also buys wild animals kept as pets, such as a foulmouthed Tucumán Amazon parrot and a maltreated ocelot in critical condition. In ‘The Whispering Land,’ a British naturalist collects travel tales — and animals with tails — in Argentina 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z My husband absolutely refused to parrot words he disagrees with so thoroughly. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Their beliefs differ. Can she have faith in their marriage enduring? 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z One couple in northern Brazil raised their brightly colored parrot to do more than repeat silly phrases. 25 animals that have been imprisoned or arrested 2021-09-18T04:00:00Z It is a habit of Sciortino’s to simultaneously parrot and parody “Sex and the City.” The Ennobling Smut of Gregg Araki’s “Now Apocalypse” 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z The screenwriter Irving Wallace considered him “a lovable scatterbrain … a man who parrots things — shallow and affable.” A New Biography of Ronald Reagan Captures His Passion for Stardom 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z There are the sumptuous burials of 37 sacred macaws, the gorgeous, red, blue yellow and green parrots, brought here from southern climes, and likely bred for their rainbow of resplendent sacred feathers. Searching for the Ancestral Puebloans 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z Mr. Nicholas had become familiar with Deep Adaptation when he started to hear the paper’s worldview parroted by activists. The Darkest Timeline 2020-12-26T05:00:00Z I don’t just mean the showy bits: a 12-page-long sentence that includes the observations of an escaped parrot, or the lovely, credible scene from Obama’s point of view. ‘Telegraph Avenue,’ by Michael Chabon 2012-09-08T00:17:29Z But she screamed, and even if she and her group were being sarcastic about it, other screamers parroted them down the line, screaming being apparently contagious. Concert review: Justin Bieber at Everett's Comcast Arena 07/13/10 2010-07-14T14:57:00Z He was just parroting the exiled Don Draper’s brilliant work. ArtsBeat: ‘Mad Men’ Recap: Are You Buying the Pitch? 2014-04-14T11:31:40Z On top of that, during the meeting, Eagle the parrot kept enthusiastically yelling, “F--- you.” Inside an eccentric mogul’s quest to save D.C.’s most distinctive buildings 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z I was an American boy parroting what I saw on TV. A Letter to My Mother That She Will Never Read 2017-05-13T04:00:00Z Then I reread her original email and realized that I had essentially parroted her enthusiasm back to her. A real Jurassic park lies underground at the Wyoming Dinosaur Center 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z Michael Palin pretended he had never heard of the parrot sketch, perhaps the most famous of all Python moments. Monty Python Reunites, And They’re Still Funny 2013-11-21T15:52:29Z For instance, lionfish are known to prey on juvenile parrot fish, which would otherwise grow up to eat algae off of coral, allowing the coral to thrive. Florida’s answer to invasive lionfish? If you can’t beat ‘em, eat ‘em 2019-01-06T05:00:00Z The animal is a parrot, a sociable macaw named Eureka. In the Early Days of Lockdown, a Writer Considers a Perplexing Age 2023-10-30T04:00:00Z The African grey parrot spoke with a British accent when it disappeared from a southern California home four years ago. Missing parrot turns up minus British accent and speaking Spanish 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z Mogwai doesn’t lift the original audio, but lets a younger voice parrot Mills’s words without conviction. New Album, Rave Tapes, Is Classic Mogwai 2014-01-24T16:33:36Z Mimicking the contemporary appetite for reality as cruel spectacle, parroting phrases from tabloid headlines, internet spam and talent-contest announcements, the booklets contained more than a whiff of the unsavoury. Tim Etchells on performance: Virtual events occur in spirit on a mystic river 2010-09-22T15:41:00Z In private, though, Mr. Suskind was Iago the parrot, Baloo the bear, Merlin the wizard: Disney characters whose dialogue, songs and even “wisdom” he borrowed to communicate with his autistic son, Owen. ‘Life, Animated,’ by Ron Suskind 2014-05-21T04:00:00Z Most charismatic is the kea, a cheeky New Zealand parrot whose “sweet, funny, squealy warble” may be analogous to human laughter. Birds and Horses and Eels, Oh My! New Books About Animals 2020-08-14T04:00:00Z A rarity among children’s museums, the collection comprises about 65 creatures, mostly reptiles, amphibians and insects, though it also includes a sun conure, a type of parrot. Spare Times: For Children, for Dec. 2-8 2011-12-01T22:17:48Z The main ingredients are Ms. Thornton’s films of different creatures: brief, mostly close-up views of a black parrot, some zebras, a python, an orangutan, the eye of a Gabon viper and a swarm of ants. Art in Review: LESLIE THORNTON: ?Binocular? 2011-01-27T22:53:01Z Having real people to imitate makes life more, rather than less, difficult: "You can end up not being specific," she says, even parroting the characters rather than inhabiting them. London Road: Murder, they sang 2011-04-10T20:46:00Z Ravi introduces Triton to the American Wild West, cages parrots and mynas in his house and shoots arrows tipped with flattened nails. His Nation in Turmoil, One Boy Finds Refuge and Adventure in Friendship 2020-03-17T04:00:00Z The use, or overuse, of Baldwin has been much lamented by “S.N.L.” stalwarts, who claim that his Trump seems merely to parrot, with no discernible point, the absurd falsehoods and braggadocio of the commander-in-chief. “Saturday Night Live” Takes on the Midterm Elections 2018-11-04T04:00:00Z His pieces look like incredibly detailed paper cuttings, but they’re actually made from the feathers of turkeys, pheasants, parrots and other birds. Review: Yes, those tiny birds were cut from real feathers 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z I went to her house in Connecticut and met her parrots and her family before I finished the book. Playing word games with Stephin Merritt 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z He had a childhood roommate: José the audio-animatronic parrot, whom no one knew could still speak until the bird was spruced up for the coming auction. For a Major Disney Collector, It’s the Magic Hour 2018-08-18T04:00:00Z There are golden retrievers on board, parrots on board, ninjas on board and burritos on board; for nihilistic wisecracks, there’s “No baby on board, it’s okay to crash into me!” ‘Baby on Board’: How a cutesy decal embodies the enduring terror of parenthood 2019-04-30T04:00:00Z He’s very good at describing people, like the postmaster’s widow whose parrot keeps interrupting her with comic songs. 5 great books on world travel 2013-02-04T12:45:00Z Her dark hair loose around her shoulders, she smiled freely, an African gray parrot named Nickel squawking persistently from another room. How an emergency room pediatrician became a global best-selling author 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z Jezebel once characterized its aesthetic as “I look like an indecisive parrot, and I want everyone to notice.” Desigual Turns to Jean-Paul Goude for a Makeover 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z Here, the bouquet included orchids, parrot tulips, poppies, crocuses and sweet peas. Dior: Electric Gardens 2010-07-05T16:36:00Z Would you really want to be under suspicion of criminal activity if your own toddler ever parroted an obscenity or flipped the bird? Swearing toddler video inspires terrible, racist response 2014-01-09T20:49:00Z New Zealand aims to save the ‘strangest parrot on Earth’ Mining lithium for electric cars is hurting this desert’s local environment 2019-06-12T04:00:00Z These included an extended conversation with a parrot in the city's botanical gardens. Dave Sheasby obituary 2010-04-01T17:46:00Z Sam lived with us and a parrot named Matthew. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: Confessions of a compassionate hit man 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z She starts reading squishy self-help books and parroting their platitudes. Books of The Times: ?Once Upon a Secret?: Mimi Alford on Her Affair With Kennedy 2012-02-08T22:11:42Z The characters possess familiar traits but are in new roles: Archer is a one-eyed seaplane pilot, Malory is a hotel owner, Lana is a princess and Dr. Krieger is a parrot. What’s on TV Wednesday: ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ and ‘Archer’ 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z He’ll spend his afterlife atop a large bookcase, next to a framed feather from Matthew, my parrot who died in 1979. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: R.I.P., dear friend. Like me, you were old and out of it, but you stubbornly soldiered on. 2019-06-10T04:00:00Z Here, Native American ancestors to the modern Pueblo people carved images of turtles, parrots, hands, geometric designs and other symbols onto rock surfaces between 400 and 700 years ago. 36 Hours in Albuquerque 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z Birds can also, as Audubon puts it, "discern and repeat sounds, parrots are the pros," according to the bird protection society, because parrots can imitate sounds after hearing them. "Orphan: First Kill" horror homages, from the ribbon around the neck to that knowing bird 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z Christopher Buckley, the political satirist, said in an interview that he sensed Mr. Zinsser perched on his shoulder like a parrot when he sat down to write. William Zinsser, Author of ‘On Writing Well,’ Dies at 92 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z It was one that, in classic boy-meets-girl style, included a “Scientologist chaperone” on board to tell the smitten young woman “You adore him,” the better for her to parrot the words to W magazine. Farewell, TomKat! 2012-06-29T20:00:00Z A typical scene: Amid songs from a green shrike-vireo and the yells of a red-lored parrot, a mantled howler monkey clambered about, then leaned forward and let loose its deep, hollow howl. Spotting sloths and harpy eagles in Panama’s nature-rich rain forest 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z To a thumping musical beat, models then strutted in fitted over-the-knee dresses and skirts adorned with a giraffe, zebra or parrot on the leopard-print catwalk - animals seen on plenty of the designer duo’s latest creations. Dolce & Gabbana takes fashionistas on a jungle trek at Milan show 2019-09-22T04:00:00Z Does a film need to trot out the virtues of on-screen diversity and the negative effect of racist tropes that so many have constantly parroted in recent years? ‘Is That Black Enough for You?!?’ Review: A Miracle Decade 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z Our little guy parrots everything they do, of course. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: For nonreligious parents, family may be their saving grace 2020-01-01T05:00:00Z And no more of unchallenged parroting of falsehoods, like Trump’s downplaying of the coronavirus threat that very likely cost American lives. Perspective | Fox News needs to reinvent itself for the post-Trump era. Here’s one radical idea. 2020-11-30T05:00:00Z Shortly after he got back from Los Angeles, a photograph circulated among his friends of Diego the parrot biting Tan’s Oscar on the head. Shaun Tan?s Wild Imagination 2011-04-23T04:30:02Z We're still hearing some of it parroted back at us today. "The Reagans" shows how the Gipper paved the way for political actors pretending they aren't racist 2020-11-15T05:00:00Z A parrot becomes his confidante, leaving the man who once litigated in court silenced by his body and reliant on another species to express himself. Read Your Way Through Mexico City 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z To his delight and Elodia’s horror, the parrot is only capable of swearing. Tragicomic Fiction That Masquerades as an Extended Lawyer Joke 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z "They will go to school and parrot what their parents say about President Biden, etc. — and this will cause division no matter how old they are," advised Dr. Meeker. Explaining war to kids as Russia invades Ukraine: What to say and how to say it 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z This, despite the decorative gewgaws and a second-act crowd of spear- and fan-holders, holy men, warriors, and enough entertainers and stuffed parrots to fill the Colosseum at Caesars Palace. Review | The ballerina who fights back: In ‘La Bayadere,’ she won’t be manhandled 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z But they are the only parrots to build stick nests in colonies that provide insulation in cold winters, including on structures such as a New York cemetery archway. Parrots, nesting in peace, attract New York cemetery visitors 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z Here, it seems so normal to fantasize about pirates and parrots. | The Razor’s Edge 2014-05-07T16:15:52Z “I have a parrot,” the mother can be heard saying. ‘He was sorry for what he did,’ says mother of Bill Cosby accuser Andrea Constand 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z Like Monty Python's infamous dead parrot, the great auk that author Margaret Atwood is knitting probably shuffled off his mortal coil, ran down the curtain and joined the choir invisible 150 years ago. Ghosts of Gone Birds: exhibition enlists artists to save endangered species 2011-08-24T06:00:02Z The Monty Python television shows, with sketches about dead parrots and the Ministry of Silly Walks, were revered for their originality and are now ranked among the best TV shows of all time. 'Monty Python' actor-director Terry Jones diagnosed with dementia 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z I spent hours writing plays in my little room in Pasadena, looking out at the wild parrots in the spruce tree, talking aloud to an 8 x 10 glossy of Bela Lugosi, my first crush. The boy I used to be: The world would look at me and see Leslie — they don’t know I’m really Peter Pan 2015-06-27T04:00:00Z No one has yet appeared with a parrot on his or her shoulder a la Ceelo. The Taste: Do Cooking Shows Really Need The Voice Treatment? 2013-01-23T14:41:32Z Nor does atheism exonerate people from parroting untruths without investigating the facts. Bill Maher, atheist fundamentalist: Why he gives nonbelievers a bad name 2015-10-10T04:00:00Z Homelander is the perfect politician cloaked in an American flag and parroting phrases about duty and goodness. Amazon's "The Boys": In this rowdy exploration of superhero backlash, anger is also a superpower 2019-07-24T04:00:00Z My father never referred to the incident again, but my mother later sent me a letter that remembered Hendrix as looking like “a parrot who‘d just flown into ten different colored buckets of paint.” Separated by 2 centuries and one wall: visiting Hendrix’s and Handel’s houses in London 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z Then he leans forward to show me a sketch on his phone, of what looks like a parrot beak bursting through a bashed-in head. Midsommar director Ari Aster: 'I often cling to dead things' 2019-06-28T04:00:00Z The Puerto Rican Amazon is Puerto Rico’s only remaining native parrot and is one of about 30 species of Amazon parrots found in the Americas. Scientists work to save Puerto Rican parrots after Hurricane Maria 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z For awhile, though, I forced myself to parrot conventional wisdom because there was at least a chance that it was true. Motherlode Blog: The Camp Counselor vs. the Intern 2012-05-29T19:46:29Z A family animation face-off between space odyssey Mars Needs Moms and parrot odyssey Rio… In a month... This week's new films 2011-03-19T00:05:59Z At the time the autopsy was greeted as strong medicine, at least by liberals, since it parroted what they’d been saying. What Do This Season’s Political Books Tell Us About the Election? 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z “In Paris, people call me ‘the parrot,’ call me ‘the clown.’ ‘Emily in Paris’ Returns, With Even More Fantastical Fashion 2021-12-20T05:00:00Z The faded elegance of Mrs. Wray's bedroom disappears beneath cheap mass-produced rugs and shawls and pre-Raphaelite prints, a wicker bird cage that contains a fake parrot on a papier-mâché perch. Sarah Waters mixes crime and romantic strangers in 'Paying Guests' 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z What did the parrot do after West led the club seven? Bridge: Bridge: Holiday Gift Books for Players 2012-11-18T22:13:43Z Owls in the outer room; parrots and other, mostly tropical birds in the inner sanctum. Fawning over fauna: A guide to Tokyo’s menagerie of animal cafes 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z The next, the president was parroting them, embellishing them, amplifying them to his tens of millions of social media followers — sometimes even plagiarizing Fox’s parodical chyrons. The Incestuous Relationship Between Donald Trump and Fox News 2020-08-23T04:00:00Z I got two sketches chosen: a mad scientist trying to get a killer robot into the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, and one with Chris Kattan in a cage as a parrot. "30 Rock" producer keeps laughs flowing 2010-06-07T05:49:00Z “Then, after a while, your notebook is full of parrots,” Rostam, a thirteen-year-old student who is hunched over his notebook, says, staring at the blackboard. James Longley’s “Angels Are Made of Light” Captures the Daily Despair of Ordinary Afghans 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z At 9 or 10 he is unable to do much more than inhale her glamour and parrot her outré opinions and pronouncements. Move Over, Royal Tenenbaums: Meet the Mighty Franks 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z She senses she is being followed: a man with a pockmarked face and a woman wearing a headscarf garishly decorated with parrots keep popping up. Review | Kate Atkinson’s new spy novel toys with our expectations 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z Wallace-Griner said they now have “20 dogs, 14 cats, eight horses, 32 goats, four rabbits, three tortoises, one parrot, four turkeys, lots of chickens, 18 pigs and four cows.” This Texas farm connects special-needs kids with injured animals: ‘They’re just like me’ 2020-10-12T04:00:00Z But Nemto is the big treat: an island with the population of two, surrounded by white sands shadowed by palms that cackle with parrots. The 50 best beaches in the world 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z Stranded on a desert island, Crusoe strips his wrecked ship of everything useful, builds a fortified cave-retreat, acquires goats and a pet parrot, plants barley and corn, learns to fashion clothes out of animal skins. Review | Three hundred years later, does ‘Robinson Crusoe’ hold up as a classic? 2019-04-23T04:00:00Z The parrot was taken into custody but knew when to keep its mouth shut. 25 animals that have been imprisoned or arrested 2021-09-18T04:00:00Z After we’d passed, I couldn’t tell if he continued to parrot me or if the echoes were generated by the software. You Know What London Looks Like. But Have You Really Heard It? 2018-08-29T04:00:00Z But in fact, in elementary school classes, “kids parrot back everything” parents say. How to Talk to Your Kids About Political Campaigns 2016-03-07T05:00:00Z Tearing ourselves away from the rambunctious parrots, we drove through the Homer Tunnel and descended the mountain to Milford Sound. Mountains? Rain forests? Fjords? New Zealand’s Fiordland National Park has them all. 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z Plate No. 26 is a depiction of a group of Carolina parrots, now extinct, perched in thick foliage. Following Audubon?s Footsteps in Louisiana 2010-04-15T21:58:00Z It was as if somebody had handed me a box of feathers, bones, beaks and flesh and said, “Here, build a parrot.” Restaurant Review: Dumpling Galaxy in Queens 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z His most notable role: Iago the parrot in "Aladdin." Gilbert Gottfried, defender of transgressive comedy and a throwback to the great joke-tellers 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z Punk was about originality and young people not parroting what was fed to them. Julien Temple on The Clash and punk 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z A sketch about a dead parrot will not be funny to someone mourning the passing of a beloved bird. Matthew Woods deserves support as much as airport tweeter Paul Chambers 2012-10-12T08:20:03Z Gottfried also did frequent voice work for children’s television and movies, most famously playing the parrot Iago in Disney’s “Aladdin.” Gilbert Gottfried, standup comic and actor, dies at 67 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z There, they found a ceramic parrot to hang in Doc's window and a shoeshine chair and some Hawaiian stuff, none of which is particularly obvious in the film. 'Inherent Vice' goes for Los Angeles as state of mind rather than destination 2014-12-27T05:00:00Z One of the things that's making it hard for the parrot to survive is these parrots have a fertility issue. “They don't realize how deeply racial bias permeates”: Central Park birder on where liberals fail 2023-07-19T04:00:00Z At his lowest point, Garth uncomfortably parrots Wayne’s catchphrase: “I’m having a good time,” he says. ‘Wayne’s World’ & Me 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z Elizabeth, meanwhile, parrots the line, “Religion is the opiate of the masses.” ArtsBeat: ‘The Americans’ Recap: The Country They Love and Hate 2014-03-20T19:30:37Z Mr. Eifert enjoyed the lush backyard with parrots, cockatoos and kookaburras and snorkeling nearby in the Great Barrier Reef, and a few days later they joined Mr. Davies-Griffith’s parents in Sydney. Fireworks on the Fourth? Try a Pair of Proposals 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z Dead parrots are thin on the ground of Corinthians. ‘Not the Messiah (He’s a Very Naughty Boy),’ by Eric Idle 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z It is a restful haven with paths that meander through groves of baobab, jacaranda, bougainvillea and many other trees and flowers, as well as a parrot aviary and a water lily pond. A Return to Guadeloupe: Tropical Life, French-Style 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z Kristen Cure, a former administrative assistant, remembered searching for a birdcage the club could buy for one of his pet parrots and refilling a cash card for his use. At the Friars Club, When the Laughter Stopped 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z For those looking to parrot his kaleidoscopic touch at home, Mr. Moon plans to sell his own line of hair color products later this year. A Hollywood Colorist Who Transforms Madonna and Kanye West’s Hair 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z But while still a teenager, Lear began to sketch the animals in the London Zoo, especially the parrots. For the art lover, the naturalist, the child in your life, a new book on Edward Lear 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z A chirpless aviary contained a flamingo, king penguin, snowy owl and green parrot perched on a branch. At JFK Airport, every day is wild for U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service inspectors 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z From Darwin, the Captain learns that plump Polly is not just a “big-boned” relative of the parrots in Rio but the last surviving dodo. The Pirates! Band of Misfits: Yo-Ho-OK 2012-04-26T14:15:15Z A parrot trash-talked its way in the horror spoof "Scream 2." "Orphan: First Kill" horror homages, from the ribbon around the neck to that knowing bird 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z Lorenzo, a bright green and yellow parrot living in Colombia who was prized for his speaking skills, didn't always know when to keep his mouth shut. 25 animals that have been imprisoned or arrested 2021-09-18T04:00:00Z Soon enough, Donald Duck was wearing a sombrero and dancing with a parrot named Jose — absurd stereotypes, perhaps, but a lively bit of multiculturalism for wartime audiences. Are we ready for a gay Disney princess? We may be closer than you think. 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z As each programmer parrots some Reddit-board interpretation of "The Matrix", Reeves' hero sneeringly bites into a bloody delicious steak of ignorant bliss. No one can say if "The Matrix Resurrections" is good or bad. Either way, it makes you think 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z "Police should investigate and seize the parrot," the embittered stepmother told Indian news channel Zee News. 25 animals that have been imprisoned or arrested 2021-09-18T04:00:00Z The pirates’ sea chanteys were starting to sound a little too crisp, and Mr. Barry needed a new parrot after the original had to bow out. Battle-Honed Commander Unleashes Pirates 2011-02-25T00:04:44Z From the stage, looking out over the growing number of people wearing parrot headgear, he realized there was demand. Jimmy Buffett Does Not Live the Jimmy Buffett Lifestyle 2018-02-08T05:00:00Z "Its naturally sweet taste reminds me of wild hickory nuts," he'd add, parroting the same line he used near the end of each commercial. In defense of Grape-Nuts, a cereal for the self-deprecating humorist 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z We saw the iridescent birds of Tanzania, including the aptly named superb swallows, lilac-breasted rollers and orange-bellied parrots, alighting in glossy rainbows. How to plan your life-changing (but expensive) safari 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z "Oh, my God," she said, with that deep hollow squawk that made her sound like a world-weary and chain-smoking parrot. Joan Rivers, an unstoppable comic force to the end 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z “I was attacked by a parrot when I was a kid,” he said. A Night Out With Stephin Merritt, the Singer for Magnetic Fields 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z With a parrot on each shoulder and a barrel of rum at his side, he braves a fresh breeze that lifts his coattails and his long beard. Art Review | 'The Armory Show': Ahoy From Nudes, a Pirate and Scrooge McDuck 2010-03-04T23:28:00Z In 2015, police in the Indian state of Maharashtra taught a foul-mouthed parrot named Hariyal a lesson in politeness after they "arrested" it for swearing at an elderly woman named Janabai. 25 animals that have been imprisoned or arrested 2021-09-18T04:00:00Z My favorite sections are the chapters from the point of view of Gladman’s parrot, Gogol, which manages a very convincing, sublimely comic and heartbreaking evocation of a bird’s perspective. Heard the One About the Hole That Swallowed Part of Chicago? 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z New Zealand aims to save ‘the strangest parrot on Earth.’ Southern white rhino born in San Diego gives hope for near-extinct cousin 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z A PR professional flew through the skies with her recently deceased pet monk parrot. What happened when I went to psychic school 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z She preaches retrograde beliefs and uses her status as a woman to abracadabra these beliefs into something parroting feminism. Perspective | Marjorie Taylor Greene’s vapid gender politics 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z The dancers move into, ahead of and around the music as if embodying but never parroting it. Dance Review: Ballet Across America Unites at Kennedy Center 2010-06-17T22:12:00Z Above her doorbell is a stained-glass window that depicts a green Amazon parrot. Out of the Desert, a Rare Fruit Garden and a Lasting Legacy 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z Many of the large trees where parrots used to nest are gone. Scientists work to save Puerto Rican parrots after Hurricane Maria 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z Atmosphere Back to Paris, this time with parrots and flowers on ornamental wall tiles. We’ll Always Have Paris, at Augustine 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z He parroted Nazi talking points about Germany’s “Jewish problem” and dismissed Hitler’s increasingly violent anti-Semitism as trivial. Uncovering Charles Lindbergh’s Secret Lives 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z By parroting the grammar of technical imagery, without actually achieving any technical goals, their photos seem to loosen technology’s moorings. Photography’s Delightful Obsessives 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z Amid a friend’s concern that she has stopped taking her Zoloft, she buys a parrot whose interminable beak grinding at night leads to a grisly act of birdocide. New Books From Paul Theroux, Jeffrey Zaslow and Randall Silvis 2011-12-14T22:10:30Z Quick quickspeak, old parrot,do I not feed you with my life? The Saturday poem: Talking to Myself by Dannie Abse 2013-04-05T19:00:01Z It was a moment, like Lincoln’s before the Emancipation Proclamation, when Kennedy realized he had to lead morally, rather than merely parrot the popular consensus. Book excerpt: How Birmingham shaped MLK’s civil rights’ struggle 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z A parrot named Lolita screamed “Hello” and “I’m a parrot.” Johnny Nicholson, Whose Manhattan Cafe Attracted ‘New Bohemian’ Crowd, Dies at 99 2016-08-08T04:00:00Z It’s amazingly easy to find hyacinth macaws, toucans, parrots, owls, storks and my favorite, the flamingo-without-a-neck. Frugal Traveler Blog: It's a Jungle Out There: Wildlife in the Pantanal 2011-10-18T19:05:50Z University of Pennsylvania law professor Amy Wax made a case “that our country will be better off with more whites and fewer nonwhites,” parroting the racist claim that immigrants are loud and dirty. The symbolic power of Gina Torres's new drama "Pearson," right now 2019-07-20T04:00:00Z It would be years before the Vietnam War made the draft an issue — so Trumbo, at his most sardonic, thought of an alternative crime for Paul: associating with parrot smugglers. Kirk Douglas’s Film ‘Lonely Are the Brave’ 2012-07-28T22:47:18Z A multicoloured feather duster becomes Captain Flint's parrot, with a pair of pliers for the beak. Swallows and Amazons ? review 2010-12-08T21:30:00Z This nautical South Slope bar isn’t far from the famous gravestones and wild parrots of Green-Wood Cemetery; visiting both in one day makes for a pleasingly gothic surf-and-turf adventure. Sarah Larson: Sea Witch, a Nautical Bar in South Slope 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z Vivienne Eliot is, if not the elephant in the room of biographical studies about her husband, then certainly the parrot whose cage is routinely covered with a cloth. The Letters of TS Eliot: Volume 4, 1928-1929 – review 2013-01-10T11:00:01Z I tried it on my husband that evening on the phone and, remarkably, he didn't spot it or ask why I was parroting him. Goodwill hunting in Spain 2010-12-18T00:07:22Z The man with the parrot on his shoulder was preening as he examined necklaces before a vanity’s mirror. An Avant-Garde Director Sets the Stage for Hermès 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z “Absolutely not,” Mr. Idle said with a laugh, when asked if the group had any plans to commemorate a half-century of dead parrots, cheese shops and silly walks. For Eric Idle, Life’s a Laugh and Death’s a Joke, It’s True 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z May your new parrot be the former pet of Anthony Scaramucci. Style Invitational Week 1276: What 4 — a limerick contest 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z Wallace survived, in an open lifeboat, with only a couple of notebooks and an indignant parrot. Alfred Russel Wallace, the forgotten man of evolution, gets his moment 2013-01-20T00:06:58Z At other times, she parroted the president with more destructive language: Some media people were not enemies of the people — only the “fake news” types. Perspective | Sarah Sanders was the disdainful Queen of Gaslighting 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z Their means: a giant parrot, an opera diva, a washer that bakes pies. Review: Soho Rep’s ‘Washeteria,’ Staged in a Brooklyn Storefront 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z Probably not, but it’s been a while since the movies had everybody parroting a great line. Longing for the Lines That Had Us at Hello 2010-10-19T22:25:00Z He also frequently asks them to sketch parrots in their notebooks. James Longley’s “Angels Are Made of Light” Captures the Daily Despair of Ordinary Afghans 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z Soon after, Jemal got a new parrot — his fourth — and named it Buffalo Bill. Inside an eccentric mogul’s quest to save D.C.’s most distinctive buildings 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z Even when he was a little East End scruff, bunking off school, breeding parrots and going on ornithological rambles, he was already an artist, making shoebox-sized cabinets of curiosities like Joseph Cornell's. David Bailey: out of his skulls 2010-08-25T20:30:00Z That may sound like she’s parroting a counselor’s evaluation, but she insists she is not. She was a crack addict. He was a rising political star. Then their worlds collided 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z He who makes it only a parrot diminishes its reality. Picasso's politics 2010-05-07T23:09:00Z Birders have long had a good reason to visit Dominica: The endangered Sisserou parrot, which is found only on this 290-square-mile island nation in the Caribbean. Going somewhere? Try one of the 10 places named as most ethical travel destinations 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z The parrots can speak but barely get a word in edgewise. The TV Watch: A Madam?s New Consorts 2011-07-28T21:50:57Z I don't just mean the showy bits: a ¬12-page-long sentence that includes the observations of an escaped parrot, or the lovely, credible scene from Obama's point of view. ArtsBeat: Book Review Podcast: Michael Chabon's 'Telegraph Avenue' 2012-09-07T16:41:32Z No longer do in-the-know New Yorkers reflexively parrot sneers like the old Woody Allen line, that the only cultural advantage of Los Angeles is the right turn on red. Los Angeles and Its Booming Creative Class Lures New Yorkers 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z Scientists also are collecting new data on the number of predators at El Yunque, including a red-tailed hawk that hunts Puerto Rico parrots. Scientists work to save Puerto Rican parrots after Hurricane Maria 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z What is fascinating is how much of 's language parrots the language of the never-ending abortion debate. 'Twilight Saga: Eclipse' Review: Meyer's Vampires Return 2010-06-30T08:50:00Z Dismissing God's focus on multiple species of parrots, Warner's character muses: "I would have started with lasers." How David Warner stole “Time Bandits” from the thieves 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z She is exhausted and feels like a “parrot,” she tells her husband, who eventually manages to coax her out. Five International Movies to Stream Now 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z “He made himself famous playing a leprechaun, though he wasn’t in any way Irish. On ‘Let’s Pretend,’ he played a troll, a parrot, a giant in ‘Jack and the Beanstalk.’ Arthur Anderson, Voice of Lucky Charms Cereal’s Leprechaun, Dies at 93 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z Given the passage of five decades, many of the early Python audience have joined the choir invisible with the programme’s late parrot. Monty Python at 50: a half-century of silly walks, edible props and dead parrots 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z Cries like those of doves, cuckoos, green pigeons, parrots, bees, moorhens, geese, ducks and quails are important options for use in moaning.” Books of The Times: The Kama Sutra, Newly Translated 2012-01-31T17:03:33Z The listing notes that guests will be able to view "lizards, butterflies, birds," and "sometimes Puerto Rican parrots are heard." Bubble house has nature views and movies under the stars, pictures reveal 2020-08-10T04:00:00Z The Puerto Ricans are trying desperately to save it because they've been hit with hurricanes and deforestation and so many things that have made it very hard for this parrot to survive. “They don't realize how deeply racial bias permeates”: Central Park birder on where liberals fail 2023-07-19T04:00:00Z “I didn’t know parrots lived there,” my partner says. What happened when I went to psychic school 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z He also seemed comfortable parroting a common right-wing cop-out, suggesting that when you bring the word “racist” into a conversation, it’s no longer a conversation — it’s a knife fight: #CancelColbert turns ugly: Why does it make white people so angry to talk about race? 2014-03-28T23:00:00Z The revelers gathered Saturday evening outside a store on the Upper East Side with taxidermied parrots in the window: women in floor-kissing gowns and little back dresses, men in suits. A Mystery Ball Where the Illuminati Have Cloven Hooves 2017-08-30T04:00:00Z Or out of the blue, ‘Tina, how long do parrots live?’ The Library Fire That Ignited an Author’s Imagination 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z Biologists are trying to save the last of the endangered Puerto Rican parrots after more than half the population of the birds disappeared when Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico. Scientists work to save Puerto Rican parrots after Hurricane Maria 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z Nearby is Eagle, an African gray parrot old enough to rent a car. Inside an eccentric mogul’s quest to save D.C.’s most distinctive buildings 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z Five parrots perched on her shoulders and head. Virtual Reality Before There Was Virtual Reality 2019-12-14T05:00:00Z Nothing like hearing own opinions about The Goldfinch parroted back as uptight smuggery to retire own opinions about The Goldfinch! Why People Are Talking About The Goldfinch Again 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z A night later, for the Screen Actors Guild Awards, she transformed herself into an exotic creature in a shimmering emerald Gucci gown with plunging neckline and a parrot at each shoulder. Nicole Kidman’s Strategy: Never Play It Safe 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z The car-antenna chewing kea, the world’s only alpine parrot, lives here, as do dolphins and seals in large colonies where the fjords end in the Tasman Sea. Wildlife and wilderness galore on New Zealand’s South Island 2017-02-03T05:00:00Z Like a parrot, he repeated over and over again a conversation-ending mantra that I would soon adopt. Steal this album: What happens if no one pays for music? 2012-06-20T11:45:00Z Owen does little more than repeat movie lines — a parroting of speech that some of his doctors and teachers dismiss as mere echolalia, a typical autistic behavior. ‘Life, Animated,’ by Ron Suskind 2014-05-21T04:00:00Z And there it was: a bright green parrot with a red beak perched on the ledge of the bird feeder. How a Bird Feeder Revived My Marriage 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z A community dance party breaks out after a rehearsal held in an abandoned lot; a parrot swoops onto a podium; a white horse appears in a country house living room. ‘Mozart in the Jungle,’ an Amazon Series 2015-01-18T05:00:00Z Their parroting of Trump’s discredited claim that the election was “stolen” or “rigged” may have helped fuel the climate of mistrust that led Trump’s supporters to storm the Capitol. On conservative talk radio, efforts to tone down inflammatory rhetoric appear limited 2021-01-19T05:00:00Z There are lots of parrots, lizards, hummingbirds and agoutis to enjoy too. 10 great botanical gardens around the world: readers’ tips 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z My roommate arrives and he tells me a phrase many friends parrot over the course of the next few weeks: You don’t have to talk about anything. How people reacted to my rape 2015-04-18T04:00:00Z Siegel pretty much parrots Almond, also keying into the idea that what went wrong with Stewart and Colbert was that they got rich off of their satire. Don’t blame Jon Stewart for Donald Trump: Comedy Central didn’t make America fall for “fake news” and “post-truth” 2016-12-31T05:00:00Z I felt that the kids needed an escape from a reality turned dismal, and I thought of the good doctor and his talking parrot, dog, pig, monkey and pushmi-pullyu. Doctor Dolittle’s Talking Animals Still Have Much to Say 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z Through four of eight episodes, there are no parrots or eye patches, little swordplay or cannon fire, and no one saying “Arrrrr.” Television Review: ‘Black Sails’ Unleashes Some 18th-Century Pirates 2014-01-23T23:32:17Z Even Misty of "Yellowjackets" has horse girl energy, though with a parrot. Galadriel, the "Rings of Power" horse girls and why they matter to Middle-earth 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z To prepare, the kids and I spend some time with a Greek language CD, cheerfully parroting phrases and bouncing our clumsy Greek off my in-laws and my Greek-speaking husband, Spiro. Introducing my kids to their grandparents’ Greece 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z In one story, a boy hides in an air-raid shelter with his parrot after his mother has been killed in a bombing that destroyed their entire neighborhood. Sex, Death and More Sex: Three Books of Fiction by Acclaimed Japanese Writers 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z Not because of the libertarian's views, which have been parroted by many others before him, but because the lefty offered little information as to how public media works and who reaps the greatest benefit. “Defund NPR": As PBS and NPR exit Twitter, which has more value to taxpayers? Hint: not the bird app 2023-04-13T04:00:00Z In his book, Gibson also describes an unexpected bond with a parrot named Harold Wilson. Birds as revelations: Atwood writes foreword for Gibson book 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z Live parrots and cockroaches appeared in his works, as did ground coffee, doors, meat, windows, stone-filled cupboards and steel bed frames. Jannis Kounellis, Leader in ’60s ‘Poor Art’ Movement, Dies at 80 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z In 2006, an African gray parrot named Einstein even delivered a TED talk while being fed a steady stream of sunflower seeds by a handler. Humanity’s Deepest Longings, Found in a Bird’s Song 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z In 1967, when Polynesia the parrot taught a physician to talk to animals in the film “Doctor Dolittle,” the voice of Polynesia belonged to Ms. Tyler. Ginny Tyler, Mouseketeer on ‘Mickey Mouse Club,’ Dies at 86 2012-07-24T22:58:08Z “I like it here,” he says, although it’s not clear whether he’s just parroting the question. An electric shock therapy stops self-harm among the autistic, but at what cost? 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z A parrot made out of a feather duster has a pair of pliers for a beak; cormorants are rustled out of black bin bags. Swallows and Amazons; Get Santa!; The Animals and Children Took to the Streets; A Flea in Her Ear ? review 2010-12-19T00:06:17Z There are also heavy cuts, including a scene, one of the funniest, involving a singing parrot. Richard Strauss: Die Schweigsame Frau – review 2013-06-12T14:30:01Z Brand parroted Hannity, who “looks like the Ken Doll from the Toy Story 3 film,” saying “I’m interested in shouting, and pointing, and simplifying things!” Russel Brand: “Terrorism is coming from” Sean Hannity 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z “As strange as it may seem, it became natural. The character became part of people’s lives. It’s perhaps the only show in the world hosted by a woman and a parrot.” In Brazil, a parrot puppeteer’s death stirs the nation 2020-11-02T05:00:00Z Recent studies suggest that some parrots use specific “peeps” to name their chicks and that the chicks learn their names over time. Ever wondered if animals go to school? 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z Dogs, dolphins and parrots are shown performing startling feats of memory, and exhibiting advanced language skills. TV highlights 26/02/2013 2013-02-26T07:00:03Z A top-secret soldiers’ mission, fanatical missionaries, Somali pirates and a pessimistic parrot challenge the reductive way that Westerners view the developing world and the divide between different cultures. The 99-Seat Beat: An Actors' Gang 'Carnival,' a riff on 'Heart of Darkness' and more 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z In the play, I don't allow him to parrot his most famous lines; going round the stage saying the things we already know he said. David Hare: 'Working in theatre, you're less at the whim of stupid people' 2013-01-20T00:06:22Z More than a dozen of Kahlo’s botanically focused artworks are on display there: still lifes with fruit and parrots, self-portraits framed by fuchsias and zinnias, surreal depictions of engorged vegetation and magical mandrakes. Artists works show how their gardens grow: The seeds of creativity 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z Dismissals of passive contemplation are often parroted in news releases from museums anxious to appear more inclusive by showing relational art. This Jewish Museum Is Giving Away Art. You Get What You Pay For. 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z He casually parroted his dad’s well-meaning advice that acting classes would stand him in good stead for whatever path he chose in life. Steve Buscemi: ‘I feel I haven’t fulfilled my true potential' 2017-09-17T04:00:00Z I was one of those who either didn’t think about it all that much, or who’d say, “Why parrot a restrictive hetero institution, who needs it?” My gay green card marriage 2013-04-17T00:00:00Z Worse still, Justine seems to be absorbing her father’s bigotry, innocently parroting swears and racist slurs. ‘Justine’ Review: A Bittersweet Intersection of Lonely Lives 2020-03-19T04:00:00Z The not perfect part?....noisey parrots in the morning and limited closet space. A Crash Course in Airbnb 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z In the stories one of the best players in Africa is a bird, the parrot. Bridge: Bridge: Holiday Gift Books for Players 2012-11-18T22:13:43Z Our boat picks us up at 6 a.m. on the beach — about 45 minutes after the parrot alarm clock goes off in town. Costa Rica’s ‘biologically intense’ Osa Peninsula is truly wild 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z I could stare at ingredient lists all day and never come up with a parrot like this. Restaurant Review: Dumpling Galaxy in Queens 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z "Instead of parroting the meaningless rants of a flock of Right-Winged Loonybirds infesting the refuge, why doesn't the Oregonian talk to the people who live there?" Ursula K. Le Guin blasts Oregon 'Right-Winged Loonybirds' 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z His own marriage, to a physician's daughter, was childless; about the only thing he notes about his wife Elizabeth is her fondness for an "excellent and well-instructed parrot". Circulation: William Harvey's Revolutionary Idea by Thomas Wright – review 2012-06-06T09:50:01Z His only consolation is the loyalty of his crew and his faithful parrot Polly. The Pirates! Band of Misfits: Yo-Ho-OK 2012-04-26T14:15:15Z We watched the raucous Jaco parrot, which bears a spectrum of loud colors, at very close quarters as it eviscerated an orange. What Dominica is: Beautiful, natural. What it’s not: Cluttered with resorts. 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z Victoria Ortiz’s woodcut of three children, two parrots and a bicycle amid jungle foliage distills the scene to bright colors and bold black lines. Review | In the galleries: Blurring the boundary between sculpture and space 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z The loyal parrot that was arrested for his loud mouth. 25 animals that have been imprisoned or arrested 2021-09-18T04:00:00Z Gwen can parrot the salty language of those classic sea tales, but when she tries to launch her own adventure, she slips from farce to bloodbath, from J.M. From the ‘Lemony ’ author, an adult novel of upper-middle-class despair 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z But there's also that nagging, almost taunting dream of community, and ownership — of the Eden where, Lennie often parrots, you can "live off the fat of the land." Review: Skilled ensemble defines loneliness in Seattle Rep's 'Of Mice and Men' 2011-03-24T00:08:55Z It is a simple, no-frills place to stay with lizards on the walls, parrots in the courtyard palm trees, and a hammock under a thatched gazebo with books left behind by previous guests. Driving the Seam of Hispaniola 2014-11-28T05:00:00Z It's full of adventure and mystery and still manages to find space for humour, including a chattering parrot who speaks in Spanish! Lilliput by Sam Gayton - review 2013-04-21T11:00:00Z In the current political environment, my visit to such a place elevates the probability of emboldened strangers aggressively parroting Tucker Carlson's talking points in my face. It's the most wonderful time of year ... to not make your loved ones of color visit a sundown town 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z It goes without saying that he knows nothing about race relations, nor do the other panelists, all of whom parrot hysterically inane catchphrases. Michael Frayn’s comic novels: ‘Mad Men’ settings with a modern message 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z The parrots seemed to be enjoying themselves as much as their human roosts, but a few other birds appeared less amused. Fawning over fauna: A guide to Tokyo’s menagerie of animal cafes 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z He brings a parrot to work, plays Mahler on wine glasses, shags his assistant behind the stage and misses a meeting because he’s lost in deep thoughts about musical genius. Gael García Bernal: ‘Donald Trump calls Mexicans rapists and drug dealers. It’s hate discourse’ 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z Telemarketing was a similar form of labor, but at least they paid me $7.75 an hour to parrot their script. In praise of idle hands: Underemployed and unashamed in America 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z From an early age Lear’s draftsmanship could be breathtaking, and he soon earned a name for himself with gorgeous pictures of parrots and plants. Review | A plump, Victorian gentleman who was so very pleasant to know 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z Because whenever I hear someone parroting the phrase "fake news," a little part of me always hears "other white meat." Fake news and the “other white meat”: How pork became poultry, and why it matters 2018-09-01T04:00:00Z Members learn from one another, pass down traditions — a navigation route, a toolmaking skill, even a parrot’s dialect — in a way that was once thought to be fundamentally human. Checking In on the Culture of Macaws, Sperm Whales and Chimpanzees 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z He escapes with some help from a clever girl and her clever parrot. A Jailed Indian Boy Chases His Scrap of Sky 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z The parrot “is one of the last mementoes for my grandpa,” she wrote in her email to the Daily Breeze. Missing parrot turns up minus British accent and speaking Spanish 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z A disciplinarian, he's getting them to copy down and repeat procedures, parrot fashion. Excluded and Lost Land of the Tiger 2010-09-22T06:59:00Z Then there was her maternal grandfather, the Earl of Londesborough, who died after contracting a disease from a parrot. Eccentric women: why they are more important than ever in our oppressive era 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z But it wasn’t even the parrots I remember most from that day. Hurricane Sandy: Rebuilding is madness 2012-11-04T00:44:00Z The light fades, and the ruins erupt in a riot of birdsong — mynas, parrots and a hornbill with swooshing wings. In Cambodia, Along the Path to Something Profound 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z By the end of the season, Jessel is run ragged by the parrots, Sai and Erin, who habitually call her a liar and unimportant. Why Jessel Taank, the first Indian housewife, is the breakout star of "Real Housewives of New York" 2023-10-18T04:00:00Z I have these giant acacia bookshelves built by a Finnish carpenter called Tina Lotila, who in her Berlin workshop has a parrot that can simulate to perfection the noise each one of her tools makes. Tom McCarthy Thinks the Wrong Kurt Vonnegut Book Is Famous 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z And for all its flaws, Rio centred on a neurotic male parrot who couldn't fly, shackled to a more competent female. Studio Ghibli: Leave the boys behind 2011-07-14T21:00:03Z The man revealed that the parrot’s yelling is something he taught him when he was a child. Florida cops investigate after neighbor mistakes parrot for woman screaming for help 2020-01-04T05:00:00Z Most importantly, Martin added, parroting Apple’s express instructions, “please be assured that neither Grosset nor Putnam has any plans or intentions of publishing any material authored or prepared by Mal Evans.” How Yoko Ono and a publishing temp saved the Beatles' Holy Grail from the scrap heap 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z When Bee winces at the memory of being bitten by a parrot on her eighth birthday, that memory is a moment of cosmological intersection. Review: Self, Meet Your Future, in ‘A Parallelogram’ 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z Early in the autumn of 1964 I bought a parrot in Oaxaca, Mexico. Wings of desire: why birds captivate us 2013-07-27T07:00:07Z Painted on by hand, meticulous brushstrokes add skin tones, foliage and even the vivid plumage of a tiny parrot. Georges Méliès's Robinson Crusoé film resurfaces in Pordenone 2012-10-10T14:22:02Z He don’t sound Southern,” he rapped at the end of “Children of the World,” parroting what others have said to dismiss him. Music Review: Jay Electronica and Big K.R.I.T. Rap for Purists 2010-07-02T22:14:00Z Like many immigrants, the bright green Monk parakeets, also known as Quaker parrots, settled into a dark, scary enclave and turned it into a colorful neighborhood teeming with life even in the dead of winter. Parrots, nesting in peace, attract New York cemetery visitors 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z But as the emphasis shifted from students parroting proofs to forming their own, geometry remained exalted for its power to cultivate deductive reasoning, to toughen and refine the mind. ‘Shape’ Makes Geometry Entertaining. Really, It Does. 2021-05-18T04:00:00Z What is orange and sounds like a parrot? Perspective | He’s still got a knack for turning old jokes into rhymes 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z My husband and I are fairly nerdy, but I don’t need them practicing their silly walks and reciting the dead parrot skit to their friends in eighth grade and being the class weirdo. Many people who are flummoxed by kids do just fine with their own 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z Liza Smith said her grandparents bought the parrot they call Morgan – after the rum that features a parrot on the label – at a garage sale for $400. Missing parrot turns up minus British accent and speaking Spanish 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z The zoo’s director led Gibson, and Harold, to a “congenial cage,” shared with a parrot named Olive. Birds as revelations: Atwood writes foreword for Gibson book 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z These two white children are likely parroting what they have been taught by their parents and the other adults in their lives. Donald Trump voter family values: Trump’s supporters are teaching their kids to embrace bigotry 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z So were exotic birds with colorful plumage, especially parrots and peacocks. Art Review: ‘Foiled: Tinsel Painting,’ at American Folk Art Museum 2012-12-13T22:31:45Z The comparison is then often put into press releases and parroted by reviewers verbatim. Petty, obsessive, egotistical, self-loathing: Margo Howard, William Giraldi and why authors need to stay off the Internet 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z "We watched the parrot carefully but it did not utter a word at the police station after being confronted by the complainant," a police inspector told reporters. 25 animals that have been imprisoned or arrested 2021-09-18T04:00:00Z If it also seemed a little bit like parroting — that’s how you start with a new language. Hello, Paris Fashion! Couture Returns With Pieter Mulier’s Alaïa Debut 2021-07-05T04:00:00Z An auction of some of the items they wouldn’t be able to fit in storage concluded on Thursday, with the beloved parrot sign commanding more than $4,000. ‘I’ve got tequila on my foot’: It’s last call for Whitlow’s in Clarendon 2021-06-27T04:00:00Z France might, however, do well not to read too much into Newton’s prediction after the parrot wrongly forecast Argentina would beat Les Bleus in the last 16, and that Colombia would conquer England. Parisian parrot's prophecy: France to beat Uruguay 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z Who, during his campaign, was re-tweeting white nationalists, parroting all kinds of just totally racist and factually incorrect information, about black crime statistics, immigration and crime in those ways. White nationalists love Tucker Carlson, and other startling discoveries in “Rising Out of Hatre... 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z A neighbor accused Taylor’s bird of parroting vulgar phrases, cursing and loudly speaking expletives. Weird news: Owner of cursing cockatoo appeals noise complaint fine 2012-09-25T22:04:00Z The parrot isn't the only prominent animal in the film. "Orphan: First Kill" horror homages, from the ribbon around the neck to that knowing bird 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z Huge parrots presided over the brightly hued display, and a tiger prowled through the plant-filled basin of a fountain. Review: Paris Opera Ballet Kicks Off New Season With Futuristic Choreography 2016-09-25T04:00:00Z These electric observations are all too infrequent, however, and they can’t enliven a narration that always returns to characters parroting their few key points. A New Novel Stars the Dupes, Villains and Victims of America’s Forever War 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z They offered Cath’s daughter a baby Senegal parrot just taken from a nest. In Senegal, a Coastal Region Sees a Resurgence 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z Those who professed an interest in teaching usually explained their decision by parroting phrases like, ‘Teaching is the most glorious job under the sun.’ Teaching the People’s Republic 2012-09-03T13:00:00Z His mother, Reina, greets us with a parrot on her shoulder. Magical mystery tour: a road trip through Mexico 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z Gottfried is known for a variety of things: the voice of the parrot in "Aladdin," that Aflac duck, one of the millions of veterans of "Saturday Night Live." Sympathy for Gilbert Gottfried 2011-03-15T19:55:00Z Waiting inside was a female parrot named Olive. Wings of desire: why birds captivate us 2013-07-27T07:00:07Z Squawking parrots fly tree to tree, waking up the little village of Drake Bay on Costa Rica’s Osa Peninsula. Costa Rica’s ‘biologically intense’ Osa Peninsula is truly wild 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z Nurse parrots the lines and replays precious moments. Why is Greece's finest young director making London his home? 2012-11-11T18:00:01Z I chose a monkey called Trevor and my sister a parrot. Family life 2012-02-11T00:05:34Z In the kitchen, a parrot squawked in its cage. Slow Travel: Walking in Wales 2013-05-24T17:03:36Z Then the raucous shrieks of parrots high in the treetops and, far away, the low moans of howler monkeys. In Northwest Colombia, Whales, Waves and a Dancing Bird 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z “You want to see owls, kingfishers, parrots and orioles?” he asked our boys. Dragons, Apes, Mantas and Birds 2020-02-17T05:00:00Z This portrait, of the artist with a parrot and a monkey, was hammered down quickly for more than $3 million, at the time a worldwide record for a Latin American artist. Frida Kahlo Is Having a Moment 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z Brown didn’t mention these rumors at the Forum, but it was hard not to infer his thoughts on the matter as his young nephew parroted words about a gold-digger. At the Forum, a troubling image of Chris Brown 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z These lush green walls of laurel, myrtle and camellia create hide-and-seek turns, out of which pop Chinese pheasants, long-tailed red and yellow parrots, and white and blue-green peacocks, creating a busy ornithological soundscape. Paradise found: Lago Maggiore, the ‘Eden of Italy‘ 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z New Zealand aims to save the “strangest parrot on Earth” Animal cams offer a peek at a penguin or primate when you can’t get to the zoo 2020-04-24T04:00:00Z The foul-mouthed parrot in India that was arrested for repeatedly insulting his owner's stepmother. 25 animals that have been imprisoned or arrested 2021-09-18T04:00:00Z She was singing My Old Man Said Follow the Van, and holding a parrot in a cage. Where does all the best comedy come from? Death and war 2012-07-06T21:30:01Z And when the culture parrots the abuser’s logic, victims are silenced. ESPN commentator: Women should take responsibility for “provocation” when they are assaulted 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z Bill's parents Lois and Frank drive Ben from Juniper Creek to Mexico, where they buy parrots for resale in the U.S. Big Love: Shark-Jumping in Utah 2010-02-22T14:05:00Z “But Jay taught me to speak up and say what I thought so that you’re contributing to the show, not just parroting what everybody wants.” Jay Sandrich, Emmy-Winning Sitcom Director, Is Dead at 89 2021-09-26T04:00:00Z There is plenty of heartache, city politicking and humor — as well as moving passages from the point of view of a neurotic parrot.”. 13 New Books Coming in August 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z The other is about his harrowing adventures on a pirate ship with a crew, captain and parrot that are revealed to be the patients and therapists in the first narrative. The National Book Award Finalists in Young People’s Literature 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z Marine life is abundant with corals, anemones, starfish, tube and barrel sponges alongside yellowtail snapper, wrasse and parrot fish together with larger barracuda, grouper, rays and even the occasional turtle. Scuba diving trips around the world: readers’ tips 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z Some jarring comic absurdism is added through the unusually obtrusive presence of Aunt March’s parrot. Review: ‘Little Women,’ Through British Eyes 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z The feathers, taken from macaws, spoonbills, parrots and hummingbirds, are attached to bits of ficus fibers and the shells of hawksbill sea turtles. ‘Royal Hawaiian Featherwork,’ a Glimpse at Island Splendors 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z So hang on to your handbag and keep the parrot in its cage. The Ladykillers: No 5 2010-10-18T10:49:00Z Petals lapped their hips, colors were a hothouse explosion of vivid shades and skirts were shaped like the parrot tulips that created a blooming mass of orange as the runway’s backdrop. Special Report: Haute Couture: Dior Blooms Brightly 2010-07-05T17:53:00Z In “Topdog/Underdog” — the title tells you it’s about competition — even the losers parrot the language of “economic opportunity.” Review: In ‘Topdog/Underdog,’ Staying Alive Is the Ultimate Hustle 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z This is also depressing, because the characters include Robinson Crusoe’s parrot and Friday, and what could be sadder than an abandoned kid reading Robinson Crusoe alone over Christmas? The Ghosts of Christmas: Was Scrooge the First Psychotherapy Patient? 2015-12-24T05:00:00Z To train a parrot, we need experts to refineour received pronunciation. The Saturday poem: The Point 2013-07-06T06:30:26Z But it also was squarely in keeping with his championing of contemporary classical music, neither parroting nor repudiating some of the experimental musical motifs of his time. Steven Stucky, Pulitzer Prize-winning composer of intricate musical wit, dies at 66 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z Musk also began interacting with right-wing accounts, including Benny Johnson and the Babylon Bee, and parroting conservative views by questioning trans rights and tweeting that “the woke mind virus will destroy civilization.” How Elon Musk became a new kind of celebrity 2022-07-16T04:00:00Z They work at home on their separate projects in a house they share with a yellow parrot named Diego and two budgies. Shaun Tan?s Wild Imagination 2011-04-23T04:30:02Z The movie is like a pirate without a parrot, Darwin without Natural Selection, Wallace without Gromit. The Pirates! Band of Misfits: Yo-Ho-OK 2012-04-26T14:15:15Z Jimmy Smits narrates this look at efforts to protect endangered native wildlife on Puerto Rico, and three conservationists intent on restoring some threatened species: the Amazon parrot, the leatherback turtle and the manatee. What’s on TV Wednesday: ‘Toni Erdmann’ and ‘Underground’ 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z Yet in truth, he outgrew the NOI strategically and intellectually some years before the final breach, and stayed within the organisation, parroting lines for which he felt increasing contempt, out of blind allegiance. Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention by Manning Marable ? review 2011-04-10T05:00:01Z The Mexican writer’s tragicomic debut features an attorney rendered mute by tongue cancer who finds comfort in the profane squawks of a parrot. 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2019-12-26T05:00:00Z The parrot always says to look for needless verbiage. William Zinsser, Author of ‘On Writing Well,’ Dies at 92 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z My youth and lack of experience didn’t matter; just my ability to parrot what I’d heard. I signed up for a suicide hotline: What I got sounded more like phone sex 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z |
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