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Lemming The act of following the crowd into an investment that will inevitably head for disaster. Notes: In the animal kingdom, a lemming is a rodent known for periodic mass migrations that occasionally end in drowning.See also: Herd Instinct |
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If we are a nation of laws as our politicians keep "blabbering" about, why are we lemmings allowing Bush to "pick and choose" which laws to enforce? invasion in Iraq, Feinstein assured us, her loyal, lockstep, lemming Democrats, that we did not have the "facts" as she knew them, and we must, as sheep, follow her lead. Offering an introduction to a multitude of animals and plants ranging from the lemming, the river otter, and the blue crab, to the ground squirrel, the mountain ash tree, and the pronghorn antelope, The Nature Treasury offers an introductory education to the wildlife and wildlife habitats. |
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