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...sensed its fate; the sudden piercing squeal followed by the too-late attempt to turn and run—some pigs literally attempting to scramble up vertical walls—as metal shackles were clamped around their ankles. And I watched as the shackles hoisted each pig into the air and as the slaughterer’s knife sent blood splattering across my overalls...
...American slaughterhouses kill 10 billion chickens, pigs, and cows every year in such conditions. Yet more troubling are the lives these animals lead before their deaths. Most farm animals today never feel sunlight, fresh air, or grass beneath their feet. Confined in narrow veal crates, gestation crates, and battery cages, millions of calves, pigs, and hens cannot even turn around or extend their limbs. And they live like this—sentient creatures capable of feeling pain and pleasure—for their entire wretched lives...
...degrees. Your thighs are sticking together as you wait out your 90-minute un-air-conditioned lecture. Beads of sweat are oozing out of pores you didn't know existed...
...excited it’s May: Then get ready for Harvard Square’s 26th Annual MayFair. Roam around as the neighborhood comes alive with vendors, food, activities, and performers (including our own Chester French). Don’t miss out on the Hot Air Balloon rides! ($20) Sunday, May 3, 12 p.m. – 6 p.m., Harvard Square, Free 5.Making a difference with your reading period free time: Help Project Bread make strides toward ending hunger in Massachusetts. The 2009 Walk for Hunger roams from the Boston Common into Newton, Watertown, and Cambridge and back again...
...expand the little box that it’s in. One of my friends used to add backgrounds to her iChats. There would be fish floating behind her head, or safari animals walking around in the background. Midway through the conversation, there would be a hot air balloon taking off behind her head. What the hell am I supposed to say to that? Cool? I’m not five years old and don’t actually believe you are in the middle of the Serengeti (because they don’t have Wi-Fi)? But I don?...