Word: bison
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Sometimes you have to eat an animal to save it. That paradox may disturb vegetarians, but consider the bison: 500 years ago, perhaps 30 million of these enormous mammals inhabited North America. By the late 1800s, several forces--natural climate changes and Buffalo Bill--style mass killings among them--had slashed the bison population to something like 1,000. And yet today North America is home to roughly 450,000 bison, a species recovery that has a lot to do with our having developed an appetite for them...
...raiser for children's hospitals in Poland. The event took place at one of Ireland's best-known concert venues, adorned with posters of Van Morrison and U2. Polish and Irish performers shared the stage as young Poles swilled Guinness and inducted their Irish friends into the delights of Bison Grass Vodka...
...Crimson patiently used up most of the shot clock before Liao saw an opportunity that she liked. Liao fired a quick pass to freshman Roxanne Pinto, who was waiting on the weak side with an open look at the net and easily blasted home the tying goal. The Bison, however, had the last word. Less than a minute later, a Bucknell player took off on a breakaway and placed a shot just outside the reach of sophomore goalie Nicola Perlman for the game-winning score. After going down 2-1 early in the game, the Crimson found its offensive rhythm...
...certain points and didn’t take advantage of scoring opportunities, but against Bucknell I opened up and wrestled the way I should.”No. 6 O’Connor put up six more points for the Crimson when he defeated Jack Conroy of the Bison by fall in 2:46.The victory gave O’Connor 29 victories on the season, one shy of the freshman record set by Dustin DeNunzio in 1994-95.“I’ve just been lucky to have a great coaching staff and wrestling partners...
...Anyway, the junior tailback quietly gained over 1,000 yards on the ground for Cornell last season. He’ll be the closest thing Dawson has to a foil in his quest for another rushing title. The improved Big Red knocked off the Bison, which won a single game in 2005, by a 24-7 count in Ithaca last year and should stampede yet again to move to 1-0. Prediction: Cornell 30, Bucknell 14 DARTMOUTH AT COLGATE (0-1)Dartmouth signal-caller Josh Cohen was suspended for the entire year due to academic ineligibility. Dammit, Josh, just when...