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What is it about cuddly animals that overrides the rational faculty of policymakers?(Brief article)
* What is it about cuddly animals that overrides the rational faculty of policymakers? Consider the polar bear (a ferocious carnivore, but it certainly looks cuddly). Interior secretary Dirk Kempthorne has recommended that it be listed as "threatened" under the Endangered Species Act. The bears' habitat--Arctic ice--"may literally be melting," Kempthorne explains. The government is required to protect the habitat of a species once it is listed as endangered; so if Kempthorne's wish prevails after a yearlong review, we can expect no shortage of lawsuits trying to cap carbon-dioxide emissions in the name of fighting global warming. But let's pause and consider what we know. Polar bears have ...
- Lesson No. 1: Bears are not the kind, cuddly animals of Disney.
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) November 1, 2003 700+ words
Byline: Lew Freedman CHICAGO _ Bears are not humans. Bears are not cuddly. Bears do not speak English. Bears are not pets. Bears are not play-date friends. Timothy Treadwell never seemed to understand this. Disney apparently doesn't understand this. Bears are animals. Bears have sharp teeth. Bears
- Golding Takes Jeremy Clarkson South.
- Press release article from: M2 Presswire December 4, 2008 700+ words
...You can either sit up and worry about it, or you can go to bed and dream about cute, furry cuddly animals!" Speaking of cute, furry cuddly animals, Golding says it's been notable to him, the lack of sea life. He's seen dolphins a couple...
- 'Atlantis' draws on hard-edged animation.(Arts and Lifestyle)
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald Guthrie, Marisa June 19, 2001 700+ words
...of the Lost Ark," "Journey to the Center of the Earth" and "Lost Horizon." There's no treacly pop song or cute, cuddly animals. There is romance, of course, but it's secondary to the movie's central theme of war and exploration, in which industry...
- TOP OF THE WORLD; FREE THEME PARK THRILLS FOR NEEDY YOUNGSTERS AT DRAYTON MANOR...
- Newspaper article from: Birmingham Evening Mail (England) June 9, 2005 700+ words
...from left) Bal Srai, Kelly; Robinson, Sharon Hodgetts, Lindsey Perrins and Naomi Tolley. Pictures: Trevor Roberts; CUDDLY ANIMALS: Shyann Phillips, aged five, from St Matthews School, Nechells, makes new friends and (right) kids flood into the...
- News lite. (the tendency of network newscasts to favor entertainment and...
- Magazine article from: American Journalism Review McCartney, James June 1, 1997 700+ words
...the tabloid world of network television news, 1997. It is often a world of UFOs, psychics, daydreams, miracle cures, cuddly animals, O.J. Simpson, JonBenet Ramsey and, from time to time--for at least a few minutes--real news. But real news...
- Hot Topic Launches Exclusive Merchandising Program for 'Happy Tree Friends' In...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire October 1, 2003 700+ words
...great match this is," said Cindy Levitt, VP and GMM. Mondo Media's animated Happy Tree Friends, featuring cute and cuddly animals that inevitably meet their dramatic doom in each episode short, debuted on the Internet in December 2000 and developed...
- The virtues of silence: amid the clatter of today's culture, quiet should be a...
- Magazine article from: Newsweek Newman, Robert June 2, 1997 700+ words
...King" and "The Jungle Book." A deer becomes Bambi, every moose a Bullwinkle and bears are Smokeys, all of them cute, cuddly animals ready for the photo shoot. Nature made familiar is nature safe. Since my last hiking vacation, I've thought a lot about...
- KARAT TOP.(Luigi Bianchi Mantova introduced Au-infused jacket )(Brief article)
- Magazine article from: Daily News Record Thomas, Brenner December 10, 2007 700+ words
...thar clothes! In the luxury market's never-ending quest for the exclusive, some apparel makers are ditching obscure, cuddly animals for precious metals, specifically gold. Canali sifted the metal into ties and Avon Celli threaded it into a glinting scarf...
Source: HighBeam Research, What is it about cuddly animals that overrides the rational faculty...