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THIS is deplorable," sniffed the Belgian Minister of Agriculture. "Call the police," demanded his German counterpart. "That cow is dribbling on the papers," shouted an aide. "Get it away from the desk!" The cow merely mooed and left a steaming souvenir on the elegant green carpet of the oak-paneled conference room in the European Community's Congress Palace in Brussels...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World: Common Market: Cowing the Six | 3/1/1971 | See Source »

...that many penologists recommend. Archaic buildings make it difficult to separate tractable from intractable men, a key step toward rehabilitation. The big numbers pit a minority against a majority, the guards against the prisoners. Obsessed with "control," guards try to keep inmates divided, often by using the strong to cow the weak. The result is an inmate culture, enforced by fist or knife, that spurs passivity and destroys character...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Law: The Shame of the Prisons | 1/18/1971 | See Source »

...rapidly-dying breed of whale sang these "songs" in the Athlantic off Bermuda. Some of the sounds are laughably unmusical-the closest description might be of a constipated cow in pain. Others simulate underwater noises: burbling and the purring of motors. And there are a few beautiful echoing calls-like those chosen for back-up on Judy Collins' latest album-that send chills down your spine...

Author: By Deboratt B. Johnson, | Title: Whalesongs Beneath the Surface | 12/15/1970 | See Source »

Compared to British children, Grub, now three, nonetheless has a few deficiencies. He cannot moo like a cow, for example, or quack like a duck. But he can imitate the soft whooping of the hyena, and when he wants to, he can sound like a lion, a wild dog, a chimp or a jackal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: Chimps Instead of Spock | 11/30/1970 | See Source »

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Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Trivia Answers The Butler was Bannister and the Grinch Stole Christmas | 11/25/1970 | See Source »

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