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...ease with which trainers and whales appear to interact often leads people to believe orcas can be as tame as household pets. They remain wild animals and, says Scarpuzzi, each trainer has to make a decision for every show whether he or she can get into the water with a specific whale and whether the animal is ready psychologically and physically for a safe performance. Trainers depend on their long and close relationship with each animal to read their moods. Kasatka is likely to undergo a lengthy period of evaluation, with trainers working backward with records from weeks and months...
...Like the wild, but vain, windmilling of arms by traffic cops hoping to prevent an imminent accident, the signs emanating from Baghdad - as well as Amman and Washington - suggest that as bad as things are in Iraq, they are only going to get worse. Events over the last couple of days have made the following grimly clear: President Bush can't rely on Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to stop the sectarian warfare, according to Bush's own national security adviser. Al-Maliki is beholden to arch-sectarian Moqtada al-Sadr, who this week showed his clout by ordering...
Gonorrhea plagued the Beatles after a wild stint in Hamburg, greatly complicating both their personal and professional lives, according to Bob Spitz’s uncomfortably-detailed history of the band, simply entitled “The Beatles...
...injuries inflicted by fellow humans - they are also heroes. Hans D. Chi Zurich Afrobeat musician and political activist Fela Kuti was one of only two Nigerians included in your list (the other was novelist Chinua Achebe), and this distinction was no mean achievement. Fela's superhuman energy, his wild and wicked sense of humor and his rebellious attitude revealed a man who refused to let go of his youthful, rebellious spirit throughout his entire life. Your story said he was "an outspoken teenager who never quite grew up." Who ever said that was a shortcoming? Tolulope Ogunlesi Lagos German Chancellor...
...under center.Unfortunately for me, I’m not the coach of the Denver Broncos—Mike Shanahan is.He’s the coach of a Denver team that sits at 7-4, tied for second in the AFC West and still poised to grab a Wild Card spot in the NFL playoffs less than six weeks away. And it was his decision to name rookie Jay Cutler the starter for the final five Bronco games, replacing the inconsistent, oft-criticized Jake Plummer at quarterback.Being from the Mile High City, it’s no surprise that...