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01 July 1985 Comments Editorials Sightings of White-tailed Eagles. The number of White-tailed Eagles Haliaeetus albicilla released from the Isle of Rhum in the Inner Hebrides has now reached 72, with a final ten to be freed in 1985. Each bird is individually marked with a BTO ring and...

Points of view. 5. Let's avoid euphemisms

01 October 1983 Comments Editorials I can just about stomach 'land improvement' as a term to describe drainage of waterlogged areas, since, from the farmers' point of view, the land is better for growing crops, which is the purpose of agricultural areas. The euphemistic term 'river impro...

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