Word: biter
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Barney, a Rottweiler-shepherd mix in North Hills, Calif., was labeled a "fear biter," and his owners were told by their vet that the best course of action was to put the dog down. Desperate, they turned to veterinarian Nancy Scanlan, who has been practicing holistic medicine for animals since 1988. She inserted eight needles between the dog's neck and hips in an effort to relax Barney's tight muscles. Barney, who Scanlan says is "coming out of his shell," has ceased to snap at home...
...event proved to be a nail-biter, as Iwahara took the lead from the start and tried to hold off her relentless competitors. The last 10 yards gave her Princeton rival just enough time to take the victory by one tenth of a second...
...that I object to your being a bastard, don't get me wrong there. It's your being such a stupid bastard." So said Lee Tracy to Cliff Robertson in The Best Man (1964), Franklin J. Schaffner's classy political nail-biter about pre-nomination maneuvering...
That 10-point win was a comparative nail-biter for the Crimson. Harvard isn't just beating its Ivy opponents, it is humiliating them. Thanks to last Friday's 79-34 squeaker at Princeton, the average margin of difference has ballooned to 21 a game...
This year's presidential contest may be losing its suspense, but the battle for the House of Representatives has rarely been such a nail biter. Analysts now say Bill Clinton's comeback and Newt Gingrich's blunders have given the Democrats at least an even chance of picking up the 19 seats they need for a majority. But they probably cannot count on getting more than a few to spare beyond that. Whichever party wins the House may find itself with the narrowest margin in decades...