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Some idler is sure to begin a critique of Stephen Fry's funny, sharp-tongued novel The Hippopotamus (Random House; 290 pages; $21) by referring loftily to the title character as "the eponymous hippopotamus." Shun this pedant, who should consider another line of work. Read the novel, however. Its virtues are cynicism and ill will, directed energetically at all that is trendy and modern, and embodied in the blubbery, whiskified carcass of an out-of-date poet named Ted Wallace...
Lipkowitz says it simply doesn't make sense to shun the resources already provided by PBH for students who want to help their racial communities...
...since they were 12--might actually be drawn to teaching instead of professions like investment banking, because they would rightly believe they could make a decent living as a teacher. As it is now, with the average starting salary for teachers about $23,000, no wonder many college students shun the profession without seriously considering...
Levon Hailey, a panhandler on Church Street, says that although some Harvard students are kind, others shun the homeless because of their upperclass backgrounds...
Plenty of dog owners reject this sort of reasoning -- and shun the blessings of American Kennel Club membership as well. The U.S. Border Collie Club is vigorously resisting AKC efforts to add border collies to the 137 breeds it formally recognizes (there are more than 300 breeds worldwide). The border- collie owners and breeders are convinced that AKC recognition would create pressure to breed the dogs for their looks at the inevitable expense of their intelligence and herding instincts. "We are concerned that the working ability of our dogs would be completely lost," says Donald McCaig, a breeder in Williamsville...