Word: wolfs
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...heavy martini consumption of the 1950s and '60s. But some critics of the new, syrupy drinks believe that the beverages cloyingly mask their alcoholic content and thus their danger. Says Michael Vitucci, public relations counsel for the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union: "In a sense, it is a wolf in sheep's clothing. People will feel it's like drinking lemonade." Seagram's Bronfman, of course, disagrees, "We make it crystal clear that these are alcoholic beverages and must be handled as such. It's not fair to say that we encourage abuse by introducing new products." Innovation...
Emotional ties between man and beast are well documented, although locating the roots of these bonds is a matter of speculation. Cats and dogs, says Serpell, have characteristics compatible with humans. The wolf, a forerunner of today's dog, has strong pack instincts, an attribute that made attachment to early human groups relatively easy. Cats are highly territorial, making them suitable pets for the permanently settled. Both species share the desirable trait of eliminating their wastes outside their dens. Less tangible is the "cute response." Serpell's sources suggest that the pudgy features of all young mammals elicit sympathetic...
According to Councillor Alice Wolf, Wasserman asked that the Zoning Board's decision be made final so that he can appeal it legally without taking the extra 60 days. She said the communities have rebelled against him "in response to a very unresponsive developer who is...not living within the zoning code and now he's being picked up on every point...
...books, designed costumes and sets for five operas and staged theatrical versions of his works, including the classic Where the Wild Things Are. Trying something new, Sendak last week was at work on his first movie. He teamed up with Director Carroll Ballard (The Black Stallion, Never Cry Wolf) and Seattle's Pacific Northwest Ballet to film The Nutcracker, a production that Sendak designed three years ago at the request of Kent Stowell, the company's artistic director. The transition from page to stage to film, says Sendak, was radical because "being a writer and illustrator, I don't work...
...Society in 1944, and in 1965 received the National Medal of Science from President Lyndon Johnson. He was awarded honorary degrees from Holy Cross in 1959, Brandeis in 1965, and Purdue in 1974. In 1981, he received an honorary degree from Harvard and in the same year, received the Wolf Prize from the Wolf Foundation in Israel...