Sentence examples for prairie from inspiring English sources

It happens that prairie voles tend to be monogamous while their rogue cousins, the mountain voles, are usually not.

The basic facilities are more than made up for by the locations, such as the pristine lakes and forests of Bear Head Lake state park, or the rolling prairie lands of Afton state park.

According to Professor Sue Carter, of Chicago's University of Illinois, "In prairie voles, a combination of oxytocin and vasopressin is necessary in order for a pair bond to form.

Mr Bush's advisers seem to be calculating that, just as steel tariffs may help him to win West Virginia, Ohio and Pennsylvania in 2004, so signing the farm bill may win him votes in the prairie belt.

MIMA mounds, so named after the Mima prairie in Washington state, are strange hillocks a metre or two high and up to 50 metres across that can be seen spread over the landscape in parts of every continent bar Antarctica.

The government has ordered air-raid drills at primary schools, for example.In this section Prairie madness and the strong loonie North, south or both No great expectations Castro's grim phoney war Stoning the messenger Correction Reprints Related items Dealing with Cuba: Crackdown time.

The United Way has seen a 68% increase in the number of calls for food, shelter and warm clothing.In this section Two cheers and a jeer A daring punt Killing for respect Prairie in the city A service nation Slower than a speeding bullet Wedding season Reflections on Virginia Tech ReprintsCorporate America, too, is joining in.

It fears the prairie dog is disappearing, and it wants it protected under the Endangered Species Act.