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Most of the stores being closed are in weak malls from which shoppers have long since defected and which have become an albatross for Macy’s.

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Well, birds in the order Procellariiformes—albatrosses, petrels, shearwaters—are commonly known as tubenoses because of that curious little characteristic.

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After all, these frequent discounts have proved an albatross for old school retailers like Bed Bath & Beyond and Gap, training people to wait for a deal.

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The study also criticized certain analytical techniques and claimed that albatrosses don’t do Lévy walks after all, and that it was unclear whether many species did.

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When the opportunity arose to analyze flight data from albatrosses — birds that fly freely over the open ocean in search of food — he gratefully took it.

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He proposed that I might pilot the two-seater while he followed and pretended to give chase in an Albatross scout.

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Instantly a great albatross swooped down upon it and swallowed the bait.

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Far out on the Pacific the albatross sails proudly on his broad wings, and cares nothing for high winds or storms.

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I was surprised and delighted to see a large albatross soaring majestically over the ship.

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A few hours later we were landing beside the Albatross, in the leaden blue sea beyond the ice barrier.

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