guinea-pigs

They sat a while longer, drinking coffee, and at the second cup Herr von Z. said: "If you should once again make a revolution in your country, Mr. Rubashov, and depose your No. 1, then take better care of the guinea-pigs."

Autumn Thomas Plastino Martin 2010

"What has now become of your father's guinea-pigs?" asked Herr von Z. "They were slaughtered during the Revolution and eaten," said Rubashov.

Autumn Thomas Plastino Martin 2010

No, it was impossible to start talking to him about guinea-pigs.

Autumn Thomas Plastino Martin 2010

Church praised the PGP-10 pioneers as “heroes and human guinea-pigs paving the way for potentially increasing utility for the general public,” putting themselves and their families at risk because of the long-term rewards for society.

The $1,000 Genome Kevin Davies 2010

This same Gletkin, who read clumsily, whose brain worked just as clumsily and arrived at simple, graspable results -- perhaps precisely because he understood nothing of guinea-pigs ...

Autumn Thomas Plastino Martin 2010

He would never understand that a conversation beginning with guinea-pigs could end God knew where.

Autumn Thomas Plastino Martin 2010

And its not at all elitist because they take a lot of deprived kids from the catchment area, and use them as guinea-pigs in the landmine experiments.

What's Going On Mark Steel 2009

According to an article published today in the British newspaper The Independent: The decision to use Mohammed and the others as guinea-pigs in a constitutionally dubious legal proceeding is likely to trigger a firestorm of anti-American sentiment in the Islamic world and spark a fractious domestic debate in an already highly charged presidential election year.

U.S. Military to Seek Death Penalty in Gitmo's Kangaroo Court 2008

Suddenly, Tom heard the strangest noise up the stream; cooing, and grunting, and whining, and squeaking, as if you had put into a bag two stock-doves, nine mice, three guinea-pigs, and a blind puppy, and left them there to settle themselves and make music.

The Water Babies 2007

Nay, it is only the other day that an eminent physiologist, Dr. Brown – Sequard, communicated to the Royal Society his discovery that epilepsy, artificially produced in guinea-pigs, by a means which he has discovered, is transmitted to their offspring.

Essays 2007