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Sure, everyone says, well why not buy a new one? But did you ever see a cow with thirty square feet of flawless hide? Some of us have, but we know they are few and far between. Maybe one cow in a million could turn the trick, if that. And who would want to leave Cambridge to go out looking for exceptional cows? Who would be emphasized enough to go out and get something to incite Harvard's be emphasized football teams. The answer, of course, is nobody...
...other hand, who wouldn't like to see a livestock show in the Yard? The Athletic Association could send out bulletins announcing that a very high price would be paid for the biggest and best cow to pass though the Yard gates. University Hall and Sever, with very little alteration, could be made very comfortable for the bovine species. And Memorial Hall would be a natural for the overflow...
Once the best cow had been selected by a special Student Council Committee, the honor of buying it would be determined by open bidding among all organized activities and clubs at Harvard, supervised by members of the Athletic Association and a special student Council Committee. Then in a great ceremony, the winning cow would be paraded around Soldier's Field, given three rousing cheers, and be sent off to the tanning factory, soon to return...
...frame needs overhauling. Estimates of the drum's value have varied. "When I was a freshman," says Novick, "it was worth $6000. The next year they sat $7000. Last year it went up another thousand. Actually, it's closer to $2000, but even then we have to find a cow with a hide big enough to provide drum heads that large." Frankly, the organization just doesn't have the money to replace the drum. And the band has not played for the Associated Harvard Clubs since...
After they moved to Libertyville,* near Chicago, the Brandos had a horse, a cow, a great Dane, a goose, a pair of bantams, several rabbits and 28 cats. Bud was the only one who could milk the cow. To this menagerie he would occasionally add a wounded snake or broken bird he had found somewhere. Once, when Bud's favorite chicken died, Mrs. Brando buried it in the garden. Bud dug it up and brought it back into the house. Mrs. Brando buried the chicken again. Bud dug it up. This went on for some time...