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On The Fly: Roscoe Smith Will Go To UNLV
Hartford Courant
What would a dead fly be doing on this column? Dead flies can't read. •The Yankees, who are on the West Coast, took a flyer on ex-Met John Maine, 31. He'll pitch in the minors, try to regain his form and be there if their shaky rotation springs a leak.

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On The Fly: Yankees For Sale? Hal Steinbrenner Says No Way
Hartford Courant
•Little girls walks into a bakery shop and says, "There's a fly in our raisin bread." The owner replies, "Bring back the fly, and we'll give you a raisin." G'night everybody, tip your waiters and bartenders.

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Monsters and Critics.com
TLC's 'On the Fly' has plenty of Baltimore's BWI
Baltimore Sun (blog)
By David Zurawik The Baltimore Sun The description at the TLC website for "On the Fly" gives a pretty good sense of the up-with-Southwest-Airlines tone that permeates this reality TV series premiering at 9 pm Thursday. "On the Fly gives viewers a ...
TV Review: TLC's 'On the Fly' shows inner workings of Southwest AirlinesPittsburgh Post Gazette
'On the Fly,' never gets off the groundMedia Life Magazine
TLC On the Fly premieres May 24 (VIDEO)Monsters and Critics.com
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On the fly: Offseason delight
Aspen Times
Wading is easy and safe at these levels and the dry fly fishing has been sensational. Good midge and blue-wing olive hatches are the norm along the river from 11 am to 3 pm Generally speaking, look for fish to focus on midges during the first half of ...


 
Heritage Newspapers
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Ypsilanti residents hunted flies in 1912
Heritage Newspapers
“Prizes Offered for Flies,” announced the May 4, 1912 Ypsilanti Daily Press. “The meeting of the Ypsilanti Anti-Tuberculosis Association at the Ladies' Library Building Friday evening was largely attended and was entirely devoted to a consideration of ...

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New York Times
Who Made That Fly Swatter?
New York Times
The first modern fly-destruction device was invented in 1900 by Robert R. Montgomery, an entrepreneur based in Decatur, Ill. Montgomery was issued Patent No. 640790 for the Fly-Killer, a “cheap device of unusual elasticity and durability” made of wire ...


 
Off and flying: Some rice fields are off to a late start after windy days
Enterprise-Record
If there are delays in the fly-over, there's a chance the wet seed could begin to ferment while being stored, Schohr explained while driving his dusty blue pickup along the levee road that separates his family's rice checks. The fields are planted on a ...

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