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Some 80 years ago, a German dogcatcher named Louis Dobermann determined to breed a new strain of dog that would combine the agility of a terrier, the strength of a shepherd and the grace of a greyhound. Assisted by two friends, a gravedigger and a bell ringer, Dobermann interbred pinschers, shepherds, rottweilers and black and tan terriers, to get an intelligent, powerful new breed that won distinction as a war dog in both World Wars and as a "seeing eye" for the blind...
...some valuable Sanskrit manuscripts in a remote Tibetan barn he sent some of the first photostatic copies to Daniel Henry Ingalls. This was natural since, as an Assistant Professor of Sanskrit and Indian Studies and Editor of the Harvard Oriental Series, Ingalls is the unofficial leader of a new breed of Indian historians...
Secret Out. This week, in showrooms across the nation, it went on display. Long, low and racy, the new model is a completely new breed of car, radically different from anything ever mass-produced in the U.S. It combines the low-slung beauty, sporty look and most of the road-holding qualities of European sports cars with some of the comfort and most of the durability of the American family...
...bids hang after a quick runup, Finney interrupts the proceedings with a little spice. "Come on, gentlemen," he will say, "you're surely not going to let this fine horse go for only $7,500. Why, this filly is worth twice as much as the bid, just to breed, even if she never raced." (During the Depression Announcer Finney was equally reluctant to "let this fine horse...
Evangelist Billy Graham returned from Korea with the news that he had discovered a new breed of G.I. Said he: "I never once saw a pin-up picture. But I saw hundreds of Bibles...