Word: cowed
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...such topics as child abuse, homosexuality and marital dysfunction out of the closet and into the public forum. Her legacy can be seen in everything from presidential candidates who discuss their marital problems on TV to the fad for crash diets. And when Winfrey did a show about mad-cow disease earlier this year, beef prices plummeted...
...laughs University of Oklahoma meteorologist Joshua Wurman. Nor do the hazards of the job always come from nature. Last year Wurman stopped during a chase to help extract a car from a ditch. "While I was pushing, the driver gunned his engine and I was covered in mud and cow manure...
...know a movie is in trouble when a cow provides its only moment of authentic human interest. In Twister, as a team of meteorologists races toward a tornado, a terrified Holstein, mooing madly, blows by their windshield, then blows back again...
...closing of Loker Commons to non-Harvard affiliates allows it to serve students, faculty and staff more effectively. The University had a decision to make: pursue a license and turn the Commons into a cash cow, or not do so and make Loker a true student center. It is erroneous for Cambridge businesses to believe that restricting Loker Commons to the Harvard community will significantly help their business. After all, Crimson Cash leaves Harvard Square restaurants unable to compete with essentially free food, and limiting access to Loker Commons will in no way change this fact...
...cow disease could turn out to be as serious a threat to mankind as AIDS. Nobody expected back in 1980, when just a few cases of AIDS were reported, that it would become such a grave and global problem. The E.U. feels sympathetic to Britain and wants to lessen its economic loss by possibly killing fewer cows than is necessary to eradicate the disease. It shows a good spirit to want to spare economic hardship, but this must not override the real concern about a potential large-scale spread of the disease in humans. Once the genie...