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...short answer is that vanning has become an American craze. Vanning? To van once meant to ship freight in a certain way. Today it also means to personalize a common van and build a life-style around it. Throngs of Americans are doing it. Some 2 million vans are in use today, and the auto industry is cheerily convinced that it will sell another 570,000 this year...
...fecund bitches and orthopedic braces for dachshunds (whose elongated proportions make them prone to backaches) to monster gas-filled balloons that can deliver anesthetics during surgery on horses. Still, the greatest interest was stirred by the plethora of scientific papers underscoring a little-known facet of the pet craze: for all their infatuation with the animal kingdom, Americans all too often mistreat their pets-frequently out of misguided kindness...
...hearted buffoon and strutting martinet. He can be as playful as a kitten and as lethal as a lion. He stands 6 ft. 4 in. tall and carries a massive bulk of nearly 300 lbs., and within that girth courses the unharnessed ego of a small child, a craze for attention and reverence. Last week Idi Amin was playing to the hilt the role he loves best: he was standing full-glare in the spotlight, forcing a major power into a state of consternation. He had done it before and in all probability would do it again...
News Item: Frisbee golf craze in Southern California...
...without extracting a commission. But the biggest bite is clearly in lotteries, and the biggest of all is New York's 60%. Counting both the state's cut and operating expenses, the takeout in Maine and Ohio is 55%; in New Hampshire, which started the legal lottery craze in 1964, it is 50%. To get a piece of what is left, a ticket buyer still has to compete with the number of other tickets against him. The odds for winning any prize are not good. In New York, for instance, the chances are 240,000 to 1 against...