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l ;doesn't go to just any party,and the late Fred; haw,who was • �' -
her literary mentor.
w When she got involved with the floor of a ocean, Polly
p •asked me once if I'd like to pack a lunch, hea for the Keys,
and have a first-hand look at her watery dondai•azhe d had A\'„ ?"
some beautiful articles published in Gourmet lyf g �:
•was with trepidation that I snatched up a cold lamb shank g;<:
and poured the remains of the previous night's Good Fair ?e., Sf
wine into an empty bleach bottle. y •
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4, But when Polly worked, she worked. This marvelous
, gourmet had brought with her a peanut butter sandwich and a it
thermos of skimmed milk. s vitt
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She insisted I wear a weight belt that day-so I could get. -
down the 35 feet to a reef that fascinated her. Obediently I ,
Dfollowed her,past schools of angelfish, through a yellow-and- •�• \\ _ ___
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black haze of tiny sergeant-majors, into a school of . . . ba # ..,� ,r',,i,',.,
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. racuda. .,
I nudged her and surfaced. She surfaced behind. "Dont
be a fool," she hissed.as I quaked; "when a barracuda blinks
at you, just blink back." Her eyes made huge by her near i ,'
sighted mask, a•wicked looking knife sheatheckat her calf, she
dove again.. ' ; Polly Red#Ord •
Followed by two barracuda. Followed by Yours Truly.No —
less scared, but to be part of Polly's"life was to-be part of her .;'
•current interest, come what may.
i No truly lively person is beloved by all, and Pony was no IT'S. A POS-
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exception—especially after publication of her ook"The Bil- _-.r. .--------
lion Dollar Sandbar," which outraged Miami ach-ites' sen-
sibilities but proved to be as irrefutable and as ell-researched
as anything she ever did.
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(Her first book didn't outrage anyone: "Raccoons and Ea-
` gies"was its title, and the raccoons were her friends while
the remaining at Polly
ew—because she
was conservation ch chairman fobald eagles r the Tropical Audubon Society
—hadn't read it.) - -- _-_ -_-- _
In"Sandbar"she got off these Polly-isms toward:
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Elliott Roosevelt: "Surely the only public figure ever to
'be described in a book by his fifth wife as a man 'plodding
inexorably toward ruin.'"
Senior CItizens:"On the Beach,they have the balance of YOU H.
pow er firmly held in their wrinkled hands." -
• The late Walter Winchell: "For years he freeloaded at the 40 years
Roney Plaza..."
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The cancer had been a part of her life for a long time. man has
The operations stalled it.Her referral to "that cancer thing" the CI rCU
mitigated it somewhat,although the hospital bed on the sun- u
porch for the last few years was her refuge—between the vi- courts t
olent outpourings toward potential pollutionists, and the sa-
. i cred moments she spent researching in her office"out back." ST it AH
In addition to Jim, Polly is survived by their two sons— th O U$a n C
Adam and Matthew — as well as a sister and her father in
Chicago, Laurens Hammond, who invented the Hammond �n g the k
organ,an electric clock, and 3-D movies. -
Bon voyage, Polly. And remember: if they blink, blink to their r
back.
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