Word: wallower
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...beasts appreciate space and solitude and a simple routine: they doze in the mornings, wallow in mudholes in the heat of the afternoon, and feed in the evening. It turns out that south Texas not only looks like Africa, it apparently tastes like it too. The rhinos have been thriving on a local bush called huisache (pronounced wee-satch this side of the border), a relative of the African acacia. Macho and his mate Chula chomp down about 40 lbs. of it a day. The two now live in separate pastures because on Feb. 28 Chula gave birth to their...
When curators at New York City's Museum of Modern Art were preparing the current exhibit of the work of Steven Holl, the architect did not just settle back and wallow in the flattery of the high Establishment. Instead, Holl -- who is opinionated, uncompromising and, concerning architectural details, fussy to the point of fanaticism -- turned opinionated, uncompromising and fussy...
...that?" says Baker, shifting again. "That's a hog wallow. They love to get down and dirty in it. Beautiful here, isn't it? I bet the contras would love...
...practical application have been emerging. "Change is on the way," he says. "Books like Innumeracy and Allan Bloom's The Closing of the American Mind articulate dissatisfactions present and already known to the teaching community." By so doing, they may greatly reduce the odds that Americans will continue to wallow in innumeracy...
Johnson was stripped of his gold medal. He was sent home to wallow in his shame, an example--and a victim--of the Olympic Committee's tough drug stand...