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Hawks  (hôks), Howard Winchester 1896-1977.
American filmmaker whose works include His Girl Friday (1940) and The Big Sleep (1946).

Hawks [hɔːks]
n
(Biographies / Hawks, Howard (Winchester) (1896-1977) M, US, FILMS AND TV: director) Howard (Winchester). 1896-1977, US film director. His films include Sergeant York (1941) and The Big Sleep (1946)


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On the following Tuesday I was out with my dog and gun, in pursuit of such game as I could find within the territory of Linden-Car; but finding none at all, I turned my arms against the hawks and carrion crows, whose depredations, as I suspected, had deprived me of better prey.
It was composed of turtle soup made of the most delicate hawks bills, of a surmullet served with puff paste
On the branches of the cedars were perched large eagles; amid the foliage of the weeping willows were herons, solemnly standing on one leg; and on every hand were crows, ducks, hawks, wild birds, and a multitude of cranes, which the Japanese consider sacred, and which to their minds symbolise long life and prosperity.
 
 
 
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