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Associate Dean of Freshmen W.C. Burriss Young 55 obtained his English cocker, Tizzy, as an abandoned pet seven years ago. Young says he has no idea exactly how old Tizzy is but knows she is "ancient and has a great deal of trouble seeing...

Author: By Jeffrey N. Gell, | Title: Is Harvard Going to the Dogs? | 11/20/1993 | See Source »

Aaron B. Cohen, the owner of Condom World, says that one elderly woman came into his store recently looking for "her cocker...

Author: By Molly B. Confer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Rubber for All Reasons | 7/7/1992 | See Source »

...headlines a tabloid might concoct to sensationalize her admittedly unusual condition. The exercise amuses her no end -- probably because there is nothing the least bit bizarre about this cheerful 42-year-old librarian who lives with her husband Dan, a fluffy white cat named Boom Boom and a cocker spaniel named Special on a tree-lined street in Aberdeen, S. Dak. What a visitor notices above all in their cozy, split-level house is the photographs of smiling kids: grandchildren, nieces and nephews and, over the living-room sofa, two large color portraits of the Schweitzers' son Curtis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: All in The Family | 8/19/1991 | See Source »

Veteran rockers Eric Clapton, Neil Young and Joe Cocker joined chart-toppers Jon Bon Jovi and Billy Idol as nominees in the best male rock vocalist category...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Collins Racks Up Grammy Nominations | 1/11/1991 | See Source »

...surge in air travel, drug-enforcement agencies have beefed up their cloak-and-dagger operations. They have sent out "rovers," undercover agents dressed in anything from blazing Bermuda shorts to sleazy T shirts, to hang around airports. They have also trained friendly-looking dogs, like cairn terriers and cocker spaniels, to sniff out suspects by amiably sitting down beside them. In fact, it was a narcotics- sniffing dog that helped clip Andrew Sokolow's wings after he was detained - in Honolulu. The canine cop, Donker, found the drug courier's stash hidden in his trendy Louis Vuitton travel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Judging A Book by Its Cover | 4/17/1989 | See Source »

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