Word: doberman
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Opening Exercises, in the Yard. This is the only mandatory meeting the Class of '82 will have until commencement, which is a long way off. But don't worry, they don't take attendance, although roving bands of Doberman Pinschers patrol the dorms to ensure a good turnout. Actually, a friend of mine skipped this meeting and met the woman he will probably marry, but this is an extreme example...
...patted his own .357 Magnum revolver and asserted his view: "They got the right to strike if they want, but we got just as much right to work." At the nearby S&S Coal Co., two guards armed with AR-15s were assisted by a German shepherd and a Doberman. Said one S&S miner: "I'm eating and they are not. If they don't want to work they don't have to, but they better leave me alone. That's what those guns...
...embarrassing me in front of everyone in the neighborhood. You guys out on the lawn make me look like a mobster. I'm not. I'm just a truck driver." Provenzano consented, however, to give a photographer a guided tour of his house. A Doberman pinscher snarled behind a door ("He could take your arm off," advised Tony Pro), but the rest of the house was peaceful. There was a big swimming pool out in back, a pool table in one room, and a handcarved teak bust that the host volunteered was worth $250,000. In the living...
Guard dogs are also popular, both at home and at work. German shepherds or Doberman pinschers can be turned loose at night in a store, or leashed, can patrol with a trainer. "Since the beginning of the year, business has been unreal," says Chuck Stewart, who manages Continental Canines Inc. in Los Angeles. "We've got dogs at doctors' offices, waterbed stores, landscapers, dress manufacturers and cemeteries...
Among city dwellers, the popularity of Doberman pinschers, Saint Bernards and German shepherds-even wildcats -has risen in proportion to the incidence of muggings and burglaries...