Word: companionability
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Tinka and his companion are what was until recently a rarity in Kenya's biggest-drawing game park: tour guides working in the land of their fathers. Though the vast stretch of savanna lies in territory owned by the Masai, until a few years ago the red-robed pastoralists made up less than 20% of those employed in its camps and lodges. Those who could find work did so mostly as low-paid camp guards. Yet there's a growing realization that the Masai and the 590-square-mile (1,530 sq km) national reserve share a common future...
...product. A few years ago, Australia's food industry was trying to figure out how to get more people to think of the kangaroo, which is part of the country's official coat of arms, as something that is edible rather than adorable. In 2005, the trade magazine Food Companion International ran a global competition for suggestions on what to call kangaroo meat. The magazine received 2,700 entries from more than 40 nations. Proposed names included rooviande, kangasaurus, jumpmeat and MOM (meat of marsupials). The winner was something more taxonomic: kangaroo for consumption would be known as australus...
...mamá también,” Carlos Cuarón’s screenplay paired two sexually-charged teenagers—played by Gael García Bernal and Diego Luna—on a road-trip through Mexico alongside a more mature female companion from Spain. Eight years later, “Rudo y Cursi” reunites Luna, as goalie Beto, and García Bernal, as striker Tato, in a tragicomic tale of two Mexican “campesinos” in the city’s professional soccer world. When the sports agent Batuta...
Free Dog Night. Can't stand traveling without your pooch? Your pet will get a friendly reception and fee-free stays at Red Lion Hotels. You can even register your animal companion in the company's loyalty program, the Red Lion R&R Club, where it can earn 500 points per stay. All pets that stay at a Red Lion hotel now through September 30 will be entered in a drawing for a year's worth of pet food. Register at the Red Lion R&R Club to qualify. Although the hotel doesn't charge you a damage deposit...
Sancho Panza: America doesn't read. The situation is depressing enough to warrant any and all measures--including sacrificing the dog's name to the literary gods. Plus, B.O. needs a faithful companion to help his god-like boss tilt at windmills the financial system...