The only thing he cared about was the title of being able to call his son a lieutenant. ... During his teaching there, one of the students was Kimberly Wilder who had a learning disability. Kimberly was the daughter of Jason Wilder who was the College President. ... Wilder called him that because Hartke was seen as always being negative and depressed. ... Wilder's way of thinking is very important point within the book. ...

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(Rain 1992) Wild Rice Wild rice is found growing in ponds and swamps and along the marshy borders of streams throughout the central and eastern states. ... The Menomonee tribe was even named for their dependence upon this wild rice food. They called themselves Menomin, or "Wild Rice Men," because they lived mainly on the wild rice of the lakes of their region. ... We prepared wild rice by parching the seeds in a cooler for a short while over hot coals. ... Native peoples recognized the high food value of this plant and many ceremonies were devoted to wild rice. ...

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The monkeys swing from branch to branch singing their calls of the wild. ... As a child, I remember learning about these wild animals in school. ... The programs they use are called captive breeding programs. ... They also take in wild animals that can no longer take care of themselves in the wild. ... A local zoo here in Grand Rapids called the John Ball Zoo interested me in learning about this concept of zoos. ...

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There are thousands of different colors and markings called morphs. ... If it is a male 2 red rods will pop out called hemipenes, they should have blood vessels that can be seen. ... Just like in the wild they breed in the spring when things warm up. ... They clear their digestive tracts and then cool them down, like the winter would in the wild. ... Also some fake branches for them to climb on like in the wild will stimulate them. ...

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Now a days it is rare to find wild ginseng on the market, the majority that is on sale are grown in plantations farms. ... These days although wild ginseng is very rare to come by it is still believed that wild ginseng has a higher medical properties compared to cultivated ginseng. ... In Britain pharmacies stock a Swiss made capsule called Pharmaton that contains Ginseng with various vitamins and minerals that also contain ginseng. ... As a result the wild ginseng will soon fade to exist in the American forest ecosystem. ... The herb contains some substances called saponin glycosides (suga...

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I remember experiencing what I call the "cringe factor"-when you know you're watching something creepy but it's not quite appalling enough to make you get up and leave. ... Twenty-two of these whales were captured in the wild and thirty-five are captive-born. ... To this day there is no record of Orcas doing any harm to any human in the wild. ... He was eventually re-introduced back into the wild and was able to live the life he deserved. ... In the wild a female orca can live up to 80-100 years and their male counterparts 60-70 years. ...

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Chapter two speaks of an invention called PCR. ... Douglas Wilder a democrat in the conservative state of Virginia. ... Finally a call to the leading newspaper in Richmond was made. ... The governor's public relations representative was outraged and concluded in Governor Wilder signing an executive order, claiming that he had been dragged into the fray despite acknowledging that Snyder was not guilty. ... The next chapter discusses what it calls "junk science." ...

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Jack wrote the Call of the Wild, which he sold for $2,000. ... The most famous one is Call of the Wild. Call of the Wild is an example of the contradictory theories of individualism and socialism. ... Call of the Wild is only one of many stories, which will never let us forget Jack London. ...

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In "The Days of Henry Thoreau" Harding wrote, "His mother, eager to foster a love of nature in her children, often took them out to the dooryard to call their attention to the songs of the wild birds" (19). ... Thoreau's profession as a writer started in June 1840, when in a new journal called The Dial, the first of many of his poems and essay's were published. ... "Walking" was derived from two edited lectures, "Walking" and "The Wild" that Thoreau started giving in 1851 until 1860. ... Here Thoreau uses an effective device called ...

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The island is called Isla Nublar. ... When the fragment of chromosomal DNA is joined with its cloning vector in the lab, it is called a "recombinant DNA molecule." ... In 2001, the first clone of an endangered wild animal was born, a wild ox called a gaur. ... In 2001, scientists in Italy reported the successful cloning of a healthy baby mouflon, an endangered wild sheep. ...

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In her years in the wild, Goodall came to see that chimpanzees are highly intelligent, emotional creatures that live in complex social groups. ... Chimpanzees live in social groups called communities or unit groups. ... When Jane started her study, a chimp called Goliath was leader. ... Contact is maintained between members of the scattered groups by means of the distance call: the pant hoot. ... For ten minutes the three performed their wild displays while Fifi and her younger offspring watched from one of the tall fig trees by the stream." ...

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The history of the apple is long and literally colorful; its relatives grow wild in every inhabited place on the earth. ... Malus Sieversii grows wild in the mountains of Kazakhstan, and in most of the forests is the dominant species of tree. ... Of these new apples growing in the wild most would not have yielded good tasting fruit, but the apples could be used for ciders. ... (Even Ralph Waldo Emerson, who knew a thing or two about natural history, called it "the American fruit.) ... In effect, the apple's Heterozygosity ran wild in North America. ...

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If it came to choose a character in, "An Inspector Calls-, who was thought to be most prone to accept responsibility then Sheila would have the majority of the vote. ... Eva then finds out that she is pregnant, but does not wish to marry him since he was just, "A youngster, silly and wild and drinking too much, no question of marrying him."" ...

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The isolated "O" and the exclamation put upon the call for the wine suggests a real desperation for any relief from the real world in which he inhabits. ... The speaker's imagination presents to us, I believe, his picture of the very heart of nature, there is a sense of fertility in the language when he speaks of "flowers" at his feet, a "fruit-tree wild" and the "coming musk-rose, full of dewy wine". ... Once again Do I behold these steep and lofty cliffs, That on a wild secluded scene impress Thoughts of more deep seclusion A strong comparison that can be drawn between Lines and ...

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The Evolution of the Cat It is believed that the modern day domestic cat is a descendent of the larger wild cats. ... This animal was called the miacis (4), a cat like meat eater whose fossils have been found in areas of North America, Europe, and Asia. ... From there the species has changed and mutated into the 130 different species of domestic cat and the numerous species of wild cats roaming the planet today either being fed or hunting for their survival.  ... My Interpretation I find that this evidence that all cats come from this animal called the miacis makes sense. ... If you watch the...

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A dude called Rufus comes from the future in a telephone box to help them, as their lives are apparently rather important to the future of mankind. ... I don't believe that the story called for great acting but actors that were believable in the parts. Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves do just that and George Carlin is what I would call an actor actor, not a personality actor. ... Their dream of dreams is to be global rock stars, and every afternoon they plug their guitars into their amps and imagine themselves as the Wyld Stallyns - their band's name - living the wild life. ... They ...

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He further employs the language of animal domestication by calling her a "wild Kate" that he will "tame." ... In fact, they call her "Katherine the curst!... In Act II, scene i, Petruchio calls her a wasp. ... True to his word, when Petruchio calls for Kate she comes immediately. However, when Bianca, who has married Lucenio and the widow, who has married Hortensio, are called they do not come right away. ...

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So, I called myself Pip, and came to be called Pip". In these opening lines Dickens uses humour to express how Pip first came to call himself Pip. ... Dickens goes on to describe the marsh land where Pip lived and he describes an image of a lonely, bleak, wild area which is dark and gloomy. ... He is an orphan in a cemetery which is in a lonely, wild place. ... The theme is on death and is reinforced by the bleakness and wildness of the marsh lands. ...

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Wild Mushrooms grow all over New York State throughout the woods, fields, mountains, and wetlands. ... The part that we pick and eat is called the Mycelium. The root of a mushroom is called the Bulbous Root that connects the mushroom to what it is growing on to receive nutrients. ... Pg.281) Another well-known edible wild mushroom is the True Morel (Morchella Esculenta). ... There is also a mushroom called the False Morel that is commonly mistaken for the True Morel, they are quite poisonous. ...

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We arrived thirty minutes after leaving that town, which was called Leuk. ... And so Baldwin, who was depressed and distracted at the time, went, and the village (which is also called Loèche-les-Bains) proved to be a refuge for him. ... He wrote something else, too, an essay called "Stranger in the Village"; it was this essay, even more than the novel, that brought me to Leukerbad. ... " The tinny sound from my laptop was Bessie Smith singing "I'm Wild About That Thing," a filthy blues number and a masterpiece of plausible deniability: "Don't hol...

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It is an extremely rude and disgraceful action in Jewish culture that usually would deserve a severe punishment (Barry Wilder). ... In addition, the word "riotous " shows that the younger son is committing another sinful act in which he is living in a wild and uncontrolled style with no care to the deep pain of his father at home. ... The younger son finally thinks to himself, "I will rise up and go to my father and say to him: Father, I have sinned against the heaven and in your sight, I am no longer worthy to be called your son. ... He has injured his father's love and is not "worthy t...

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If there was land that was destroyed due to a wild fire, bees would be able to help grow new trees and plants. ... The loss of diversity in farming, destruction of habitat and lack of forage due to monocultures and bee-killing pesticides are particular threats for honeybees and wild pollinators. ... Pollinators, managed or wild, cannot escape the various and massive impacts of industrial agriculture: they suffer simultaneously from the destruction of natural habitats caused by agriculture, and, because pollinators' natural ranges inevitably overlap with industrial farming landscapes, the ...

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The pathway among the woods seemed wilder, more uncouth with its rude natural obstacles, and less trodden by the foot of man, than he remembered it on his outward journey. ... This sad and pathetic man suddenly, after a conversation with the woman that I believe he loves, embodies his former self and makes me feel happy and calls out to me that this scene is an important one. ... However easily Dimmesdale accomplishes this feat, Hawthorne makes mention of the fact that path itself poses no easier a route, but rather a "wilder, more uncouth [path] with rude natural obstacles less trodden by ...

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Rauch fails to address nearly every trepidation environmentalists have with biotechnology which severely jeopardizes the strength of his call of action to implement the use of biotechnology. ... One possibility is that transgenic crops would spread from fields into forest or other wild lands and there become environmental nuisances, or worse. A further risk is that transgenic plants might cross-pollinate with neighboring wild plants, producing "superweeds" or other invasive or destructive varieties in the wild....

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For example, early signs of Tilikum's behavior occurred at a park called "Sealand" where his aggression began due to tight confinement and punishment enforced training; after his first incident of drowning a trainer the park closed down and Seaworld then purchased Tilikum (Blackfish). ... Seaworld advertises false knowledge of their whales in order to protect their multi billion dollar company, stating false information to their visitors to disguise the truth behind a happy orca in the wild compared to the captured whales in Seaworld's pools. It is a known fact that Orca...

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