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...plans: wildflowers over there and maybe a feeder to attract some wildlife. Laura is growing a patch of native grasses. Bush is quick to point out, though, that more than enough cedar has been left for the golden-cheek warbler and the black-capped vireo, which use its bark for their nests...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Home On The Range | 12/25/2000 | See Source »

...BARK, BUT NO BITE INVENTOR: ROBERT FAIRALL Dogs are great theft deterrents; they also tend to smell bad and demand Richard Simmons levels of affection. The Barking Bone aims to scare away the bad guys while still keeping canine-hating homeowners sane. Fairall implanted a motion sensor inside a giant, apparently gnawed, dog bone made of solid resin. When the sensor is tripped, a sound chip emits a low growl followed by a torrent of ferocious barking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Will They Think Of Next? | 12/4/2000 | See Source »

...making his case to the members, Gore strategist Bob Shrum broke in with some startling news: the Florida Supreme Court had forbidden Harris to certify the vote on Saturday. The court wanted to hear arguments from both sides on Monday. Lieberman responded with a gleeful bark: "All right!" It wasn't over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Election 2000: Prime-Time Battle | 11/27/2000 | See Source »

...around a heavy anthology of Western literature "like a football." Kennedy said the only writing he liked in it was the story about the French poet Gerard de Nerval, who walked with a lobster on a leash. Someone asked Nerval why he did that. Nerval replied, "He doesn't bark, and he knows the secrets of the deep...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Great What-If | 9/18/2000 | See Source »

Bobby Kennedy could bark like a nasty terrier. Sometimes he bit as well; he went after his enemies like a dog after the mailman. If he came to know some of the secrets of the deep, he learned them the hard way. Certainly at the end, he knew about the ironies of glamour and fame and money, and of sudden, violent loss...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Great What-If | 9/18/2000 | See Source »

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