Word: herding
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...sure measure of a first-year's naivete is the magnitude of their esteem for the Crimson Key Society. For the duration of their first week on campus, each entering class is greeted, waited upon and gaily entertained by the oft-maligned red-clad herd. And so, after the Ice Cream Bash, "Love Story," and of course the swingin' A Cappella Jam, it is no wonder that so many in the Yard have nothing but warm feelings for our illustrious troupe of tour guides. Sadly, their affections are grievously misplaced...
...Fall down and you're history," says veterinarian Terry Springer as we crawl out on a rickety catwalk over a beach in Alaska's Pribilof Islands. Below us, thousands of fur seals flop around in a frenzy. The 600-lb. bulls herd their harems to protect them from rival males emerging from the brisk waters of the Bering Sea. As the big males toss the 110-lb. females around like beach toys, my first thought is that male fur seals have not yet embraced feminism. Springer, though, has no time for such anthropomorphic musing. The Colorado State University scientist...
...Clinton says the Senate version takes too much regulatory turf away from the Treasury Department. Now the negotiators take over ?- and Wall Street is salivating at the prospect of a deal. When Citigroup?s model of one-stop financial shopping becomes officially available to the rest of the corporate herd, get ready for a merger stampede; Merrill Lynch, Lehman and DLJ are all potential acquisitions (or acquisitors). And in the meantime, financial stocks may be a pretty good...
...million bounty to anyone who can bring Lecter to him alive, ahead of the FBI agents, including Clarice Starling (played by Oscar-winning Jodie Foster in the Silence film), who hope to get the doctor back in custody. Verger wants to watch and enjoy as a specially trained herd of swine slowly eat Lecter alive...
...employees keening and wailing over lost data. His office was filled with creeping things and birds of the air. Beads of sweat dripped from his nose. Acrid smells drifted in, the website burning after a multitude of hits by Hittites, and he heard the clatter of hooves: a herd of crazed swine trotted down the hall, little pink eyes aglow, pagers clipped to their ears. On his way out, he touched his nose and found a boil. A leper lay in the lobby begging alms, and when Bill Gates dropped in a nickel, the power went...