Sentences with phrase «early dogs as»

Biologists Ray and Lorna Coppinger have pioneered a different view, seeing early dogs as scavengers on human trash.

Not exact matches

Early in the decade the company had been dogged by R&D failures, most notably of Vanlev, a high - profile hypertension drug that had been hailed as a can't - miss blockbuster but then fell short of even getting FDA approval.

That's the case for a black lab named Lulu anyway, who was recruited into one of the toughest jobs in the dog industry and, as fate would have it, was given an early retirement because her interests lie in other areas, as the CIA explained in a Twitter thread.

Team Max set the tempo early and re-asserted themselves as the alpha - dogs in the Madison Men's League.

I will say only that Hawk has now had as many owners as this athlete has had NBA teams; that the athlete finally played his way down to the CBA; and that when I spoke earlier of boys who have made their dogs into basket cases, I spoke from personal knowledge.

I personally believe that Wenger didn't push to have the contracts of Sanchez, Ozil, Ramsey and Ox renewed earlier because he was going to use it as leverage when renegotiating his own deal... so far that tactic has backfired as we know little more about this squad moving forward than we did in May and Wenger clearly misjudged just how important his staying would be to both Sanchez and Ox... I like Lacazette, but I liked him a lot more 2 years ago at 20 million less... Sead might come good but once again he wasn't a necessity buy, except that he was a free transfer and was signed early... another «wag the dog» tactic employed by the powers that be... as for the rest of the roster, very little has changed, except that it's way too big and lacks the cutting edge to take this club to new heights.

Southern Miss opened as a 5 - point road dog for Saturday's matchup with Marshall and bettors have been on them early and often.

3 is a silent pick em so money line the game with a dog of 3 pts or less, 85 % of teams that cover 3 points as dogs win the game outright so why give the books any more than you have to, make sure you take dogs in first half ONLY, i cant stress this enough, more times than not if a dog will cover the game, (big dogs +7 or higher) they will show up early and you do not want to get screwed in the 2nd half by blowing the cover, these are things the sports books never would tell you but surely will save you a lot of aggravation in the LONG RUN

It would have been preferable to take Cleveland early, but they're still offering value as a 6 - point road «dog.

-- was Mike thinking I was dogging it [with an ankle injury in his early years as a Bronco].

Some sharper early money is clearly taking Georgia Tech as a double - digit dog, and the public will likely keep this line in between -8 and -10.

Utah at USC: Public bettors are definitely sold on this Utah team, as the 6 - 0 Utes are getting 71 % of early bets as 3.5 point dogs at USC.

Chelsea ran riot at Stamford Bridge, scoring seven goals in a 7 - 0 rout which may have just sparked some life into the old dog, as this ageing Chelsea squad appeared primed and ready for retirement earlier in the week.

There is no return date set for Michael Carrick at Manchester United and he may not even appear for the first - team again following his heart procedure earlier this season, but it is on days like this, against dogged opponents such as Burnley, that the midfielder's absence really shows.

A mid-table finish would appear the likely destination of Fulham at the end of the season, with the Cottagers neither here nor there with regards to standard of their performances, while early results would indicate that Mark Hughes, despite doing his best to retain Fulham's dogged qualities which were instilled by former boss Roy Hodgson, who was undoubtedly the most successful manager the club ever had in the Premier League, that Fulham will struggle to win matches this season let alone the hearts of the entire nation as they did last season when Hodgson guided an average English team to the finals of the Europa League to the amazement of a nation and a continent.

She called for parents to stop treating kids like dogs and blamed a rush to potty train children early as a major factor in what seemed to her like an increase in children urinating in public.

The space at Stevenson was opened Aug. 10 as a temporary option for dog owners to let their pets off - leash for a few hours on weekend mornings, which they had been allowed to do at a 130,000 - square - foot space in Ridgeland Common until the district began installing a turf field there early this month.

If these limits are new to your dog, start creating positive associations with them and gradually adding distractions as early as possible.

Gillibrand has come a long way since the early days of her tenure, when her conservative record on immigration issues during her previous life as a Blue Dog House member caused an uproar among Latino lawmakers, one of whom, (Assemblyman Peter Rivera), denounced her as «xenophobic.»

Country of Origin — As noted earlier, there aren't many regulations that protect your dog from bad manufacturers, and the industry relies on the honor system.

The new work doesn't necessarily challenge that idea, though it suggests that early dogs may have played an important role in the Arctic as well.

«Dang - near everything rusts out early over here,» said Allen, as he walked with his dog, Bogey, past a rusty disc harrow on the farm where he's lived for more than 30 years.

Although dogs are not ancestors to cetaceans, they can be used as a model for precursors to early swimming mammals.

As hard as it may be to imagine, their earliest ancestors were typically about the size of a small dog, and sported three toes on their front legs, and four on the bacAs hard as it may be to imagine, their earliest ancestors were typically about the size of a small dog, and sported three toes on their front legs, and four on the bacas it may be to imagine, their earliest ancestors were typically about the size of a small dog, and sported three toes on their front legs, and four on the back.

Studies from islands including Flores, Sri Lanka, and others suggest that early colonizers often coexisted with native fauna, perhaps because their populations were smaller and their technology simpler, or because they did not introduce invasive species such as rats and dogs.

The results suggest that dogs could have been domesticated as early as 40,000 years ago.

This would be evidenced by a distinct ancestry absent in modern dog genomes that was more prominent in dogs from earlier in the Neolithic, as opposed to genomic continuity from the Early Neolithic to today.

Furthermore, we detect an additional ancestry component in the End Neolithic sample, consistent with admixture from a population of dogs located further east that may have migrated concomitant with steppe people associated with Late Neolithic and Early Bronze age cultures, such as the Yamnaya and Corded Ware culture13.

Domestication of animals started as early as 9,000 to 15,000 years ago and initially involved dogs, cattle, sheep, goats and pigs.

«Our results show that it was crucial for the survival of early dogs to be able to live on food that largely consisted of vegetables, such as root vegetables and cereals», says Erik Axelsson.

Begin as early as 8 weeks, before it picks up bad behaviors, and continue even into old age to keep your dog sharp.

Earlier today, as I was home with a cold, nursing it so I didn't have to relive the horror I experienced in Italy, getting sick like a dying dog.

I was up early, preparing our daughter's breakfast before school, racing to run the dog out, rushing to get ready for work as a health coach and writer in NYC and had a...

Early on I would stress about our family photos (would my kids behave, would we have nice weather, is the Photographer as good as I think he / she is, will our outfits look coordinated and not cheesy, will our DOGS sit still long enough to capture a photo with them and the list goes on and on).

For the past few, he was living home with my parents as my previous apartment didn't allow dogs but back in the early Fall after settling into our house, I discussed with my parents that Bill and I wanted to bring him up.

She is also in the early stages of kidney failure, so we have had to switch her to prescription dog food, as well.

Haha I'm glad I have a pair now though because it makes early morning and late night walks with my dog a lot more bearable for my feet as it does get cold then.

Walt Disney with his early shorts of singing and dancing bunnies or skeletons; Tim Burton with his Jack Skellington and Sally in «The Nightmare Before Christmas»; Nick Park with his man - and - dog team in «Wallace and Gromit» and his prisoner - fowl in «Chicken Run»; Chuck Jones with just about anything — there's a long and varied list of individuals who have imbued cartoon characters with bottomless expressiveness without the help of anything as sophisticated as DreamWorks» Express - o - matic (or whatever it's called).

Venom's premise, which is borderline nonsensical in its unfolding, is curiously played straight by director Piers Haggard as something closer to the similarly location - bound Dog Day Afternoon than the more populist horror films that cropped up during the early 1980s.

The early scenes, especially, of interloper Ben (Dana Andrews) poling his way on a flat - bottom skiff into the swamp to look for his dog «Trouble,» feel as essentially American as Tom & Huck rafting down the Mississippi, and as laden with the unknown and unknowable.

With dogged realism - and with a screenplay as clear and compelling as it is complex - Spotlight goes back to the early 2000s and tracks how the publication of this monumental series came to be.

Early synopses (which include a talking dog, of sorts) suggest that the film might be more accessible than anything we've seen from the filmmaker in a while, as does the fact that Fox have picked up the U.S. rights to the film.

As his latest intoxicating effort, Dog Eat Dog, arrives in cinemas, it's this earlier effort which seems most ripe for a revisit.

There were brief references in some of the earlier films, such as those to Chaucer and his Canterbury Tales in Mystery Train, but the references in Dead Man and Ghost Dog are crucial.

Yet for all its accolades, the movie is also dogged by a sense of the tragic, as all three stars met gruesome deaths at an early age (Dean at 24, Mineo at 37 and Wood at 43).

A loveable dog isn't quite as innocent as it seems, a thrilling opening sequence foreshadows a potentially fun finale... I Am Number Four pushes away the doubts early, so the audience resets their opinions of this film and settles into a viewing, back on square one.

Be the first to cross the finish line in this exciting board game that tests the students spelling ability of words associated with PETS Great opportunity to enhance themed vocabulary building Enlarge A4 to A3 playing board Extra large playing board 89 cm x 63 cm (needs assembling), or use it as a dazzling wall display Suitable for Early Years 10 Pet starter words cat, dog, fish, frog....

Could I also suggest the book, The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog by Dr Bruce Perry and Maia Szalavitz, for teachers working with students who have had significant neglect or trauma experiences in their early years.

That means the December issue of BookPage is officially available (although I spied it at the library as early as November 26)-- and you can start dog - earring our gift guide for readers.

The current dog in the fight is HarperCollins, who according to some sources has demanded that all retailers move to an agency pricing model as early as next week while it still works to resolve its terms with Amazon.