Word: safaris
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Earlier this year, Libera and FAADA mounted a campaign to encourage the Barcelona city government, which oversees the zoo, to transfer Susi to a safari-type institution where she would have more space and would be able to join a herd. But their efforts received little notice until they let it be known that both José Saramago, the Nobel Prize-winning Portuguese novelist, and Sofia, Queen of Spain, had interceded on Susi's behalf. For her part, the Queen, who has long championed animal rights and is herself a vegetarian, forwarded the organizations' letter to the city government, urging...
...game of two-on-two basketball. The “Slumber Party Package” (you provide the sleeping bags and cartoon-themed pillowcases) features breakfast for the family prepared by the band, as well as a serenade of your mother on the ukulele. The “African Safari Package,” costs $75,000. FM interviewed the dynamic duo on their innovative marketing scheme, their new album, and their life as rock stars. 1. Fifteen Minutes: What was the inspiration behind your newest additions to the online store?D.A. Wallach: We thought it would be cool...
After we pull our land rover off the track to watch a pair of leopards, I ask my two safari guides what animal they'd be most excited to see. I'm thinking elephants, lions, rhinos - the charismatic megafauna that attract tourists from across the world. Their answer: aardvarks and porcupines, the reclusive nocturnal residents of Kenya's Masai Mara. "I took care of cattle on the Mara when I was a boy," says Jackson Tinka, 21. "So I've seen a lot of wildlife...
...Kidd said that in the future she hopes the Student Life and Activities Office will work to increase the amount of faculty involvement in co-curricular activities and continue to foster collaboration between student life and house life. After retiring, Kidd said she plans to go on an African safari, a trip funded by the money she received from winning the Faculty of Arts and Sciences administrators’ prize last year. The award gives recipients a $7,100 stipend and a month of paid leave in which to use it. Kidd will also serve as a chair...
...You’re too busy looking at the image of yourself in the corner, discovering how you can expand the little box that it’s in. One of my friends used to add backgrounds to her iChats. There would be fish floating behind her head, or safari animals walking around in the background. Midway through the conversation, there would be a hot air balloon taking off behind her head. What the hell am I supposed to say to that? Cool? I’m not five years old and don’t actually believe...