Word: wolfs
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Dead Do,"Herbert hazards that the dead "hunt for jobs /whisper the numbers of lottery tickets," thensomberly notes that we imagine them "snug as theburrow of a mouse." Surely that comparison makesthe daily grind of errands and ambition seem likedeath. In one of his most priceless prose poems,"The Wolf and the Sheep," Herbert has the wolfexplain to the sheep that he is about to devourthat, "You have no idea how silly it is to be abad wolf. Were it not for Aesop, we would sit onour hind legs and gaze at the sunset. I like to dothis very much...
Before we get too carried away by the idea of improving human intelligence with genetic technology, it's worth noting that no domesticated animal is more intelligent than its wild, undomesticated ancestor. Compare a domesticated dog with a wolf or a coyote, and the tame dog will come up short. Intelligence evolves in response to heavy selective pressures in the struggle for survival. The lean, mean environment of the urban poor, not the "pop genetics" of the affluent suburbs, is already producing some of our next generation's geniuses. JOHN W. HOOPES Lawrence, Kans...
There are students at Harvard who are unequivocally Good Workers (GWs), steadfast and true. They are the ones sighted racing through the dining halls at mealtime, glancing at their watches as they wolf down food on schedule and hurrying back to their books and computers. They are the ones the College wants...
...Denson joined the New York law firm Morgan, Finnegan, Durham & Pine, where he specialized in litigating patents, trademarks and copyrights. Denson later joined the Long Island firm Meltzer, Lippe, Goldstein, Wolf and Schlissel...
...radio station WGY in Schenectady, N.Y, begins regularly scheduled broadcasts, including that of the first U.S. radio drama, The Wolf...