But in the big picture there has been little for market bulls or the Tiger faithful to complain about.
The introduction almost certainly brought about the demise of the thylacine or Tasmanian tiger, the top indigenous predator - probably because the dog was a more efficient hunter.
The trouble is that we don't now burn this extra adrenalin boost off by running away, or wrestling the tiger, and we literally stew in our own juices.
None of these folks can get in a ring, fascinatingness-wise, with Lindsay Lohan or Charlie Sheen or Tiger Woods or the doctor who sent Michael Jackson to meet his maker.
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"It was more for a show but everything would be ready and then they would then go and take this Rolls Royce up to a point or the hills and from there shoot the tiger that was already captured by their servants, " Pran Nevile, a writer and expert on India's colonial history, told the Reuters news agency.
Much like those who manage Mr. Speedy, the Alka-Seltzer man, Tony the Tiger or Colonel Sanders, those representing former living brand icons know how, where and why they should make their star appearances.
All the talking heads and golf analysts are filling the airwaves with their opinions on whether a two-stroke penalty administered early this morning was the proper assessment or whether Masters favorite Tiger Woods should have been disqualified for what was considered an unknowing illegal drop on the 15th hole Friday.
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Case in point the death of Tamil Tiger rebel leaders in Sri Lanka, or the Nigerian government signing a cease fire and amnesty deal with MEND rebels in the Niger River delta.
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Notably missing from the list: Tiger Woods, whose scores placed him at or close to the top less than a year ago, according to Philpott.
Love or hate Tiger, his presence on the leaderboard is what infused Sunday with a lot of its great drama.
How would we rate Tiger Woods or Joe Paterno and the many others who have issued statements of regret?
Jacobson would have to finish alone in 19th place or better to avoid facing Tiger Woods in the opening round of the Match Play Championship next week.
The world sees stereotypes of waitress or Tiger Mom, but even within my own ethnicity, I am also supposed to fit into a box -- that of obedient child.
In 6 of those 7 years, Tiger Woods either won the tournament or finished in second place.
The U.S. is riding the Egyptian tiger one seat behind Hosni Mubarak or whoever would take his place.
The belief that he could pull off such stunning triumphs at will is what use to glue us to the TV whenever Tiger had a golf club or a clinching putt within his grasp.
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The tagline will reinforce both people who support Tiger or are put off by him.
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Of course, you can stroke and cuddle a baby lion, tiger or chimp, and therein lies part of the problem.
The dingo has been implicated in driving the now extinct Tasmanian "tiger" - or thylacine - off mainland Australia, and marginalising it in its final island habitat.
New York (CNN) -- The 25-year-old man who jumped from a monorail car into the Bronx Zoo's tiger den was not drunk or insane, New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said.
Reynolds has also received permission to plant tiger lilies, poppies or whatever other flower he wants in the beds below his tower block in Southwark.
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Western parents are usually horrified at the pressure the tiger mums exert on their children to get better grades or become concert violinists, preferably before puberty.
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Most tiger owners let them roam the house for the first year or so of their lives.
Among the 40 choices are a Bengal tiger, lion, panther, cheetah or leopard cub.
Strangely, for all the species of cat said to be roaming the Surrey hills, no-one has ever reported seeing a tiger or a full-size lion.
Or so he thinks, until he hauls back the tarpaulin and discovers the zoo's tiger, Richard Parker, is sitting in there with him.
But one of the biggest knocks against tiger parenting is that it supposedly produces kids with no initiative or social skills.
The TIGER program is a highly competitive program that is able to fund innovative projects difficult or impossible to fund through other federal programs.
Here, China is the catalyst, but the change affects how tiger companies are situated not in China, but in third-country markets or at home.
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