Just short of their objectives, the missiles pogoed, climbing steeply, then diving into their targets.

Whether general or specific, subtopics become the outline of the entire research project, the dry bones that are fleshed out with knowing what to read and notetake and what information to skip.

Although Taiwan is one of the major habitats in the EAAF for migratory birds, especially waterbirds, long-term bird population data and knowledge about population trends are lacking, except for certain flagship species such as the black-faced spoonbill. Therefore, the members of Taiwan Black-faced Spoonbill Conservation Association voluntarily initiated the Long-Term Bird Census in Cigu (LTBCC) project in 2004. The aims of the LTBCC were to monitor the structure and composition of the avian community, as well as to build the population trends of the flagship and the common species to provide the necessary information for decision-making on the management of the Black-faced Spoonbill Refuge in Cigu District, Tainan City, Taiwan.

She felt a little as she had used to feel when she sat by her now wedded husband in the same spot during his wooing, shutting her eyes to his defects of character, and regarding him only in his ideal presentation as lover.