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...there’s still an odd inconsistency in our attitude towards animals, and it’s felt hardest by the ten billion farm animals we slaughter every year for food, and the uncounted millions used by the animal testing industry. These animals don’t appear on the Animal Planet Channel, nor does the media monitor their individual plights. Masson notes that while his two books on highly popularized animals—When Elephants Weep and Dogs Never Lie about Love —quickly sold over a million copies, it was a harder task to market...
...beneath the open skies ofrural America. The film’s visual appealis greatest during its most brutal scenes.Sequences of abuse contrast dramaticallywith interspersed shots of farmlandsunsets, which provide some of the film’sonly warm colors.The climax, in which James takesTara to her grandfather’s farm, marks theleast believable portion of the film. Tara’sgrandfather, played by Dennis Hopper(“Easy Rider”), is flat and underdevelopedas a character. Hopper succeeds inportraying the cruelty that caused hischildren to run away as adolescents, butthere is no explanation as to what turnedthe...
...forget your passport), this new restaurant’s cozy and intimate space and unique dishes have made it one of Cambridge’s hidden culinary gems. The appetizer options are carrot soup with vanilla and Nantucket Bay scallops, followed by an entrée choice of farm beef with polenta and valrhona chocolate sauce, or a cabbage torte puff pastry with smoked farm egg remoulade. The desert is profiteroles “a la minute” filled with saffron ice cream and bitter caramel. Usual price: $53 Savings...
...regards to potential violations of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) rules. Former Harvard coaches have accused Amaker of lowering the team’s academic standards for recruited athletes. Such accusations should be taken seriously, for Harvard is first and foremost an academic institution, not part of an athletic farm system. Sacrificing the reputation of the school to boost the reputation of the basketball sends the wrong message: Harvard is right to be proud of its team’s academic index, which is currently higher than all other Ivy League schools. That being said, while the very appearance...
...single act of biological piracy, richly recounted in Joe Jackson's astounding The THIEF AT THE END OF THE WORLD (Viking; 432 pages), "handed Britain the first worldwide monopoly of a strategic resource in human history." And Wickham? He got a pittance for his trouble and went off to farm sea slugs in the Conflict Islands, the quintessential Victorian sad sack: ignorant, incompetent, indomitable...