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...they are perfectly happy to discuss their plans with anyone who's remotely curious. The only problem is that the local, national and international media, not to mention the proverbial man on the street, are far more interested in K-man wonderment than substantive stands. Complaints that the herd of dark horses don't get enough airtime reached a new high recently. One of their number related that he had been overjoyed to get a call from an out-of-town newspaper, only to realize that the reporter just wanted to talk to him about Kennedy's candidacy...
...room large enough was available with the requisite audiovisual equipment to accomodate the herd of students at 11 a.m., the scheduled starting time, and thus DeVore and Deacon decided to reschedule the course rather than hold a lottery...
...which has been detected in some Yellowstone buffalo. The disorder can cause cows to abort, and spreads undulant fever in humans. Critics say Montana has not suffered an outbreak of brucellosis for 25 years, and that the kill is being held to please the hunting fraternity and cover up herd mismanagement by the Park Service. While the Fund for Animals, headed by Author Cleveland Amory, is suing to prevent the hunt, the state has more than 3,000 applications from hunters eager to shoot the once endangered beasts...
...thin." Bol says, "I don't want to be too fat." Their grace per pound is the amazement. In lateral-movement drills, Perry has to take care not to run over the slower men on either side of him. Humming the mellow song he used to sing to the herd, Bol practices his hook shot with a surprisingly light touch...
Humphrey has been less than cooperative with would-be rescuers. He has outmaneuvered tugboats that tried to herd him, and disdained efforts to lure him toward salt water with tape recordings of his breed's distinctive sounds. Towing, says Ferrari, "has always been disastrous. We could drown him or tangle him." Though fresh water will inevitably wear down the oceangoing creature, optimistic experts predict the whale can survive for more than two weeks in the brackish tides of the delta. That gives Humphrey's helpers the slim hope that with time to reconsider his position, he will find...