Sentences with phrase «ducklings at»

With art from Make Way for Ducklings at its center, the retrospective presents more than 50 works, including studies for other books written and illustrated by McCloskey: Lentil (1940), Homer Price (1943) and Centerburg Tales (1951), which recall his youth in rural Ohio, and popular Maine tales including Blueberries for Sal (1948) and Time of Wonder (1957).

Crested puppies may seem like ugly ducklings at certain points in their development, but many grow into beautiful swans like this lovely adult Chinese Crested.

But when researchers injected Anas platyrhynchos ducklings at 4, 9, or 14 weeks old with red blood cells from sheep to simulate a parasitic infection, the birds — as adults — explored new items in their environment and approached small orange toys, a color they typically avoid because they seem to associate it with toxic food.

If Bagley is the odd duckling at 6?

Not exact matches

At the end of the day, I'll take a little bit of ugly duckling in return for a durable and sweat proof pair of headphones that fit well.

Page one of the news in my own Lake Wobegon this week carries a breathless report about a four - year - old boy at the tractor supply store who tried to talk his father into purchasing a duckling: «Word on the decision was not available at press time.»

At a Hobby Lobby in Albuquerqu, some years ago, I purchased a little resin swan, b / c it reminded me of one of my favorite childhood stories, The Ugly Duckling.

The joke is that while the taro might be dismissed as the white potato's unfriendly, ugly - duckling relative at first glance, taro is actually far more vitamin - rich, higher in fiber and lower in calories than the potato.

Maybe it's because daffodils and fluffy ducklings are yellow... or perhaps just because I tend to be drawn to lighter, fresher flavours at this time of year.

Last week, even in the face of those ugly - duckling numbers, everyone with a stake in the USFL — from Simmons to the owners to the players to the folks at ABC and ESPN — everyone claimed that none of those numbers were as catastrophic as they seemed.

He is not at all like Stymie, the «ugly duckling» Hirsch Jacobs claimed for $ 1,500 and trained to such perfection that he earned $ 918,485.

It is not amazing, but considering some of the ugly ducklings in this class (I am looking at you, Calibre) it has nice lines that are somewhat reminiscent of the CX9 we had a few weeks back.

A park district official at the time donated a bear, and nearby residents began donating ducklings and other small animals.

WEST SENECA, N.Y. (WBEN / AP)-- A dozen fluffy brown and yellow wild ducklings are recovering at a wildlife center after being rescued from a pan of grease outside a New York restaurant.

«This remarkable research demonstrates that baby ducklings spontaneously notice abstract relationships in the world around them,» says Elizabeth Brannon at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.

Why the males get or stay bigger is unclear, but the scientists say they are looking at whether it helps them father more ducklings.

In the children's story, the ugly duckling turns out not to be a duck at all, but a swan.

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I hope you stop by Adrienne's blog at Chic California and see how she turned this ugly duckling into something this wonderful!

If he has a really good excuse like, «I got rear - ended when stopping abruptly for a mother duck and her ducklings» or «My sister needed me to pick up my sick niece at school and bring her to the doctor,» then let it go.

As a performer, Gerwig is an original; she can play the swan, the ugly duckling, and sometimes both at once.

A favorite at this year's Sundance festival, The Way, Way Back hits another familiar theme: the awkward duckling that finds its wings.

Deemed shocking at the time for its brutal violence, depiction of the Catholic Church and themes of child murder and paedophilia, DO N'T TORTURE A DUCKLING is widely regarded today as one of Fulci's greatest films, rivalling the best of his close rival Dario Argento.

At school, he does his best to hold his own with his other «loser» friends — Abby «The Ugly Duckling» Mallard (Joan Cusack), a pig named Runt of the Litter (Steve Zahn), and «Fish Out of Water» (Dan Molina) who travels around with a water - filled diver's helmet over his head.

Unveiled at the LA auto show, this mid-life refresh of Nissan's ugly duckling, accentuates the Juke's unique personality while leaving the basics of the car intact.

Once Porsche's oversized ugly duckling, its second generation Panamera has gone all glam and at last now has the show to match its go.

At fifteen, Faith Duckle was lured under the bleachers by a bunch of boys and brutally attacked.

In 2007, when the company first unveiled its e-reader, the device was an expensive ugly duckling whose future looked marginal at best.

Only after a year when app store was introduced, 3G was added along with at least partial Microsoft Exchange support the ugly duckling was transformed into a swan.

At least, that's the bet Loblaw's (TSX: L) is making with its ugly duckling line of produce aimed at shoppers looking to save money on the sky - rocketing cost of fresh fooAt least, that's the bet Loblaw's (TSX: L) is making with its ugly duckling line of produce aimed at shoppers looking to save money on the sky - rocketing cost of fresh fooat shoppers looking to save money on the sky - rocketing cost of fresh food.

And, as an advisor, the tough thing with buying value stocks is the reason things are typically trading at an attractive valuation is because they're out of favor, they're the ugly duckling.

The Chinese Stock Market: from Ugly Duckling to Beautiful Princess Paul Scott wrote an article which summarised the presentation given by Dato» Cheah Cheng Hye of Value Partners Group at the London Value Investor Conference.

Your cat paws at the screen and when they hit the Ugly Duckling, the app makes a bird or cat sound.

Catsy animates an «Ugly Duckling» on the screen of an iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch (YouTube videos linked at http://GetCatsy.com).

• Thank you to the gentlemen of Engine 72 who rescued the baby ducklings from the storm drain at Conway and Lake Margaret.

Mother duck was present at the Htel Serviced Apartments stand with her ducklings and walked around the fair with the other visitors.

Along the way, you can stop at some of Australia's most famous wineries such as Houghton Wines, which has been producing award - winning Western Australian wines for more than 175 years; Sandalford Wines, one of Western Australia's oldest and largest family - owned winemakers; and newcomers such as Ugly Duckling, a boutique vineyard and cellar door that hand picks its grapes.

Pix the Cat starts you off at a reasonable pace where you will find yourself manoeuvring through levels and dropping off our ducklings with relative ease.

The basic premise is to collect eggs, which when picked up turn into ducklings, which then need to be dropped off at individual nest points.

You'll play as Pix as you progress through the Grid of Infinity an endless number of levels on a timer fighting obstacles as you attempt to pick up ducklings and drop them off at target circles.

Futurepoem, The Physiocrats, and Ugly Duckling Presse are having a book release party at Pierogi on December 19.

Screening and Talk: «Ugly Duckling Presse: Costume en Face» at The Kitchen In conjunction with Big Dance Theater's new production «Big Dance: Short Form,» the Kitchen presents a screening of a rare film of Butoh dance's founding father Tatsumi Hijikata's 1976 production of Costume en Face.

He is a member of the writing faculty at the Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts at Bard College and one of the the founding editors of Ugly Duckling Presse, a Brooklyn - based nonprofit publishing collective.

He is an editor at Ugly Duckling Presse and was formerly associate editor of Zone Books.

He edits the Eastern European Poets Series for Ugly Duckling Presse, and teaches at Columbia University's School of the Arts, Queens College, and the Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts at Bard College.

The LG G Watch is a decent first attempt at an Android Wear device, but look at its competitors in the form of the Samsung Gear Live and Moto 360 and it does feel like the ugly duckling of the group.

The house is the ugly duckling on the block and the homes around it are listed at $ 55k - 115k.

As a momma to 4 little ducklings, I too, know the overwhelming love that is bursting at the seams.

Anne the red - headed ugly duckling who arrives at Green Gables full of hope for a new life, only to discover Marilla and Matthew wanted a boy... Anne getting herself into all sorts of scrapes... Marilla and Matthew falling hopelessly in love with their adopted daughter... Anne achieving academically against all the odds her early life threw at her... Anne winning hearts... Anne losing her beloved Matthew... Anne giving up on her dream of going to college to care for Marilla... Anne forgiving Gilbert...

I have 2 large wooden yellow ducks and 1 baby yellow chick that sit atop our bookshelf next to a used «Make Way for Ducklings» book that I just picked up at a used book exchange.