The gorgoneion or “bodiless head of fright” antedates by many centuries the Gorgon with a woman's body.

The great menace to livestock, other than the continual battle with cold, … was the gray wolf. … The big loafers came in from everywhere.

The iron is released in the bloodstream and rechelated a third time with a beta-globulin, which is similar to hemoglobin, from the blood.

We ate without talking and watched dayrise through frost-rimmed glass in the double-hung window.