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...mother's gift, common among native peoples, of adapting objects to new uses, just as he does now. "She was constantly trying to extend the life of things," he says. "Packages, utensils. Once we had to use the back end of a pickup truck as an extension for our hog...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Commercial Vision | 2/6/2006 | See Source »

...cotters” shows that some in this country still believe that women’s equality has not yet progressed passed its training-wheels phase enough to permit young women to express themselves freely. If men can wear an Abercrombie Attitude Tee that asserts “Boss Hog Loves Cooter;” so too should women be able to declare via their t-shirt, “All Men Like Tig Old Bitties.” These examples, admittedly, are classless and of remarkably poor taste. But they are not instances of sexism or degradation toward women...

Author: By The Crimson Staff, | Title: T-Shirts Gone Wild | 11/9/2005 | See Source »

...second-ever manned Chinese space flight is slated to carry two astronauts on a five-day journey circling Earth, while they conduct experiments on pig sperm. But the flight's importance reaches far beyond any advances in animal husbandry that may result from exposing hog semen to weightlessness. It is the latest shot fired in a fiercely competitive space showdown between China and Japan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Asia's Space Race | 10/10/2005 | See Source »

Bush's nomination of Roberts could prove the adage that even a blind hog occasionally stumbles across an acorn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Aug. 29, 2005 | 8/21/2005 | See Source »

...refreshments, offered by an armada of boats throughout the season. Humpbacks are surprisingly agile for their size (the average adult is longer than 13 m and weighs about 30 tons), so expect to see lots of blowing, tail slapping and breaching (pictured). Australia's cuddly koalas and kangaroos usually hog the tourist limelight, but this is one time of the year when native wildlife just can't compete. For more information, visit herveybaytourism.com.au...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Curtain Raiser | 8/1/2005 | See Source »

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