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boa
Any of about 60 species of stout-bodied snakes (subfamily Boinae, family Boidae) found in both the Old and New Worlds, mostly in warm regions. Species vary in length from about 8 in. (20 cm) to more than 25 ft (7.5 m). Most are terrestrial or semiaquatic; some live in trees. Most species have blotches and diamonds on their brown, green, or yellowish body. Boas bite their prey, then kill by wrapping their body around the prey and crushing it. Several species have heat-sensitive lip pits for detecting warm-blooded prey, and most bear live young. Contrary to folklore, boas are not dangerous to humans.
boar
Any wild member of the pig species Sus scrofa; the ancestor of domestic pigs. It is native to forests ranging from W and N Europe and N. Africa to India, the Andaman Islands, and China and has been introduced to New Zealand and the U.S. It has a bristly, blackish or brown coat and stands up to 35 in. (90 cm) tall at the shoulder. Except for old, solitary males, boars live in groups. They are omnivores and are good swimmers. They have sharp tusks and, though normally not aggressive, can be dangerous. Because of its strength, speed, and ferocity, the boar has long been a prized game animal.
Boas
German-U.S. anthropologist, largely credited with establishing anthropology as an academic discipline in the U.S. Trained in physics and geography (PhD, 1881), Boas was part of an early scientific expedition to Baffin Island (1883-84), where he turned to studying Eskimo culture. He later studied native peoples of British Columbia, incl. the Kwakiutl. From 1896 to 1905 he directed the Jesup N. Pacific Expedition, which investigated the relationships between the aboriginal peoples of Siberia and N. America. His achievements in anthropology are virtually unrivaled. Before Boas, most anthropologists adhered to a relatively crude theory of sociocultural evolution, arguing that some peoples were inherently more civilized or developed than others. Boas argued that such views were ethnocentric, and that all human groups have actually evolved equally but in different ways. It is largely due to Boas that human differences are now attributed by anthropologists to historic "cultural" rather than genetic factors. Teaching at Columbia Univ. from 1896 until his death, he was a leading organizer of the profession in the U.S. and the mentor of R. Benedict, A. Kroeber, M. Mead, and E. Sapir. His books include The Mind of Primitive Man (1911), Primitive Art (1927), and Race, Language and Culture (1940).
Bock
U.S. composer. Born in New Haven, Conn., he studied at the Univ. of Wisconsin, then collaborated with Larry Holofcener (b.1926) on songs for television's Your Show of Shows and the musical Mr. Wonderful (1956). With the composer-lyricist Sheldon Harnick (b.1924), he had his greatest successes, Fiorello! (1959, Pulitzer Prize) and Fiddler on the Roof (1964). Bock and Harnick's other musicals ...
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