Word: wolfed
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Study author Joanne Wolf attributed the improvements to a concurrent increase in palliative care—treatments that seek to alleviate suffering rather than cure disease. The study showed that the second group had earlier discussions of end-of-life palliative care and made greater use of do-not-resuscitate orders...
...Wolf concludes by predicting that “with ongoing growth of the field of hospice and palliative medicine, further advancements are likely...
...Bejar is one prolific guy. Since the last Destroyer album, he has toured with the New Pornographers, collaborated with members of Wolf Parade and Frog Eyes to record the stunning debut of Swan Lake, started a band with his girlfriend, released their album, and managed to maintain the same lineup for more than one Destroyer release. These accomplishments make “Trouble in Dreams,” Destroyer’s polished eighth full-length LP, all the more impressive. “Destroyer’s Rubies,” the group’s critically lauded...
...Readers may find some of Jiang's purplest prose indigestible. "Desperate cries rose from the herd as the wolves tore into one horse after another - sides and chests spurted blood, the stench of which drove the crazed predators to commit acts of frenzied cruelty," is his description of a wolf attack on a herd of prize horses. "The raw meat in their mouths meant nothing to the wolves: only the murderous tearing of horseflesh mattered." More problematically, the book contains puzzling chunks in which Jiang details his pet theory: that thousands of years of farming have turned the Chinese into...
...Ultimately, this is the kindest reading one can make of Wolf Totem - that of a howling if confused paean to liberty, born of sublimated political frustrations that millions of Chinese can relate to. "In 20 years, I think it is inevitable that China will evolve into a freer society," says Jiang. But curiously there is no such optimism in the book. The wolves - those symbols of perfect freedom - are exterminated by officials as part of a plan to turn the grasslands over to large-scale farming, and Chen Zhen, the protagonist, can find only hackneyed, metaphysical solace as he meditates...