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...cannot see beyond the tail of reputation behind them and the promise of greatness before. Such souls are not to be admired, but pitied, for they fail to understand that we live and die, that we depend on others, that their achievements are as ephemeral as the autumn squirrel's nut store...

Author: By Tony Gubba, | Title: For the Moment | 11/5/1992 | See Source »

When a blood-hungry mosquito lands on a human forearm -- or, more likely, on the eyelid of a cow, the haunch of a squirrel, the wing of a roosting bird or even the back of a caterpillar -- she goes to work with awesome efficiency. Her slender proboscis, consisting of two sharp and sometimes serrated cutting % tools surrounding a pair of tiny tubes, pierces the skin (and, if necessary, the cloth or feathers protecting it) and finds a capillary, bending to slide into the tiny blood vessel. Down one tube comes her saliva, which deadens sensation and blocks coagulation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Summer's Bloodsuckers | 8/10/1992 | See Source »

...article in The Crimson of May 18 stated that "many Dunster House squirrel themselves away and appear only to grab goodies at Masters' Open Houses." This is unfair and untrue. Many Durnster tutors are very talented and extraordinarily dedicated...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Proud of Our Tutors' | 5/20/1992 | See Source »

While many tutors squirrel themselves away and appear only to grab goodies at Masters' Open Houses, Ignatiev has been an active force in Dunster, his defenders...

Author: By Maya E. Fischhoff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: For Dunster Tutor Noel Ignatiev, A Lifetime of Fighting 'Injustice' | 5/18/1992 | See Source »

...residents care about making the race a success. On East Main Street, a woman pushing a stroller tells one of her sons, "Mickey, pick up that roadkill and throw in into the woods. Someone will slip on that squirrel." Mickey hesitates, and she says, "Don't worry, it ain't gonna bite...

Author: By William H. Bachman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: WALK-DO NOT RUN | 4/24/1992 | See Source »

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