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1942 (magazine), 1945 (book) "The Catbird Seat" is a 1942 short story by James Thurber. The story first appeared in The New Yorker on November 14, 1942.
"The catbird seat" is an idiomatic phrase used to describe an enviable position, often in terms of having the upper hand or greater advantage in any type of dealing among parties. It derives from the secluded perch on which the gray catbird makes mocking calls.
The 1959 film The Battle of the Sexes was based on Thurber's 1942 short story "The Catbird Seat". In 1960, Thurber fulfilled a long-standing desire to be on the professional stage and played himself in 88 performances of the revue A Thurber Carnival (which echoes the title of his 1945 book, The Thurber Carnival). It was based on a selection of ...
The Catbird Seat has been through 6 kitchen teams in 13 years. Here's how it stays consistently good Best restaurants in Nashville: How the Catbird Seat stays consistent though change
The Catbird Seat, one of Nashville's most prized — and pricey — prix fixe tickets is ready to showcase its newest head chef. Or in this case, chefs.
“This cookbook is a similar premise, but the recipes and techniques are more in line with what people cook now, notably a more global diet.” That global focus is key to You Can Cook Everything .
This desperately needs good citations, but I can't find even a reliable listing of the bibliographic information for this book. Google Books lists it as having been originally published in Issue 28 of Tales for Travellers under the title "A Couple of Hamburgers; and The Catbird Seat".
OPEC, producer of about 40% of the world's oil, is back in the catbird seat, once again. Now, you're probably thinking, "When hasn't OPEC been in the catbird seat?" True, when you're sitting on a ...