What's more, this number is inflated by the generous inclusion of the Kansas Jayhawks (95-40), which aren't even real birds but a fictional hybrid of a blue jay and a hawk.

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Against the Cavs he showed up with a Beckhamesque faux-hawk and a pair of slick blue and orange Nikes.

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Any Blue Dog Democrat who votes for this ought to turn in his "deficit hawk" credentials.

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