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...personal game preserves. The Army first introduced camels to the area in 1856, and starting in the 1940s the locals began importing other exotic animals--ibex and zebras, nilgai antelope from Pakistan and barasingh deer from India. Veterinarians report a land-office business treating exotic pets. "I had to neuter a coatimundi once, and I didn't even know what species it was," says veterinarian Cuatro Patterson. (It's similar to a raccoon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Texas Range Rovers | 4/23/2001 | See Source »

...than his suspected arsenal menaces his neighborhood. He has, in a galling way, been able to fashion a kind of victory out of defeat: the embargo blockading his country has enabled Saddam to blame the U.S. for his country's problems. He continues to frustrate U.N. resolutions designed to neuter his military might...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time To Off Saddam? | 2/16/1998 | See Source »

According to the author of the Williams letter, in his experience "even the ones who are relatively 'straight-acting' tend to strike me as neuter." The Harvard letter read, "Even gays who consider themselves 'straight-acting' seem to me at best neuter...

Author: By Charles G. Kels, | Title: Williams Men Get Bizarre Letters | 3/1/1997 | See Source »

Religion is too often relegated to the sidelines at Harvard. Religious beliefs, traditions and values should be a greater force on campus. Too often, attempts to ensure fairness and equality neuter the religious impulse that burns strongly in many Harvard students. We can learn a tremendous amount about each other's ethical and social outlooks by learning about their religious and cultural contexts. Religious students should be proud of their beliefs and use their energies to promote a more enlightened, pluralistic environment...

Author: By Ethan M. Tucker, | Title: Decking the Dining Halls... | 12/13/1995 | See Source »

...think it's unfortunate when people [withchildren] downplay parenting when they don't wantto appear less serious," Mandryk says. "Someonetold me they really don't expect you to be male,but they really prefer it if you're neuter...

Author: By Elizabeth T. Bangs, | Title: Tenure, Child Care Plague Female Professors Who Work to Balance Career Demands, Family Concerns | 6/8/1995 | See Source »

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