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...thousands of Afghan boys who loiter, energetic and restless, in Pakistani refugee camps. But there is something different about him. It is not in his face, which is babyish, or his hands, callused and blackened. It is the look behind his eyes, the dulled expression of a seasoned grunt...
Anthropologist Jane Phillips-Conroy, who studies baboons in Ethiopia, claims that volunteers often contribute expertise as well as grunt work. She says the best tooth casts she ever collected were made by a dentist who had joined the expedition. But perhaps the greatest benefit of Earthwatch is the commitment that its volunteers acquire in the field. Says Tundi Agardy, a marine biologist who started Earthwatch's turtle programs: "The immediate benefit is to help save a generation of endangered turtles, but the real value is that volunteers themselves become the seed corn of the conservation movement, spreading the word when...
Wooster's rendition of "Sonny Boy," accompanied with tap dancing, was done with enough finesse to warrant a snicker, but by the time he started into "Every Cloud Has a Silver lining," the snicker had faded to a grunt. Duke builds up an expectation for greatness that is just not realized. The rest of the play moves at such a schizophrenic pace that this sluggish type of ending leaves a bad taste in the mouth...
...Ukraina, wrinkled old women in kerchiefs lead their cows on long, frayed ropes around the farm's winding roads, trying to supplement their tiny pensions with money from the eventual sale of the cattle. Antiquated tractors wheeze and grunt alongside groups of young women bending painfully in the hot sun. Says Ralph dryly: "In the Soviet Union there are more agricultural supervisors than there are farmers...
...sweetest little thing?" Calvin whispers. "I'd like to make a pet of her." Suddenly the mother rhino wheels and storms at the guests, who jump away from the fence. As Chula nudges the baby back to the safety of the tall grass, the raspy warning grunt of a wild rhinoceros saws through the quiet of the south Texas twilight...