On Monday night, though, it goes for the touching rather than the tacky with "Saved," a new series about people who were in need of some kind of spiritual boost and received it from an animal.
Worthy as the deal may be, though, it goes on a Pearson plate already heaped with acquisitions still waiting to be digested -- including the educational book division of Simon & Schuster, which Pearson bought for $4.6 billion in 1998.
When it's not in use, though, it goes into a low power state, conserving energy.
Dubbed Cyclorana alboguttata, or the striped burrowing frog, the species is able to maintain its muscle mass even though it goes unused for months while it hibernates.
We don't have the same visceral reaction to, say, the price of grain even though it goes into half of everything we eat and its price has more than doubled in recent years.
Pastry chefs are also starting to embrace the style, though it goes against their training.
"Our literature, though it goes back to early colonial times, effectively spans Peter's writing life.
It doesn't go anywhere special or much of anywhere, though it goes there in appreciably icky style.
The current Senate version has some similar strands, though it goes much further in giving tax breaks to businesses.
