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Almost any cadet will speak reverently of Amolsch. He is tops because he likes his work, and he likes the life of a professional peacetime soldier. "I'm married," he says, "two girls plus a cocker spanicl." Then he smiles...

Author: By Frik Amfitheatrof, | Title: Drill Sergeant | 10/4/1952 | See Source »

...newspaper advertisements and in mailed leaf-lets, the melancholy faces of cocker spaniels and kittens have recently appeared to ask you for mercy. Their appeals are translated into English by the anti-vivisection societies, now embarked on a new crusade to keep pets from the torture chambers of Cruel Science. The text accompanying the melancholy faces tells you that the trusting friend of another child has fallen into the clutches of the "remorseless experimenters...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Dog's Life | 1/25/1951 | See Source »

There is a live lion in the lobby of the Orpheum theatre these days, and if you are under 14, you might easily win a cocker spaniel puppy by naming the beast. He is appearing in connection with M-G-M's African movie "King Solomon's Mines" and presumably remains in the lobby because it would be sheer folly to buck the horde of wild animals who are currently haunting the screen...

Author: By Donald Carswell, | Title: THE MOVIEGOER | 11/28/1950 | See Source »

...this incidental intelligence about your interests and possessions. Most of you, unsurprisingly, are enthusiastic pet owners-especially of dogs and cats. But, surprisingly, you also say your households include alligators, ants, lovebirds, opossums, lambs, lizards, palomino horses, peacocks, salamanders and snakes. Far & away the most popular dogs are cocker spaniels with collies, shepherds and setters next in line. One dog enthusiast, who owns 13 Afghans, four Doberman pinschers, two salukis, a St. Bernard and a miniature poodle, says their upkeep costs him a whacking $1,500 to $2,500 a year. Among the forty-odd thoroughbreds listed (from Chihuahua...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Nov. 6, 1950 | 11/6/1950 | See Source »

Harvard's 236 Navy Reserve students, 111 Air Force students 38 Field Artillery students, and a stray cocker spaniel joined the close order drill on the Lacrosse Field near the Business School...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Army, Navy, and Air Force March On Lacrosse Field; Marine Gripes | 5/24/1950 | See Source »

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