Word: dog
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Millions of people justifiably feel that the economy is cheating them of the rewards of hard work and thrift. A few more years of skyrocketing prices that wipe out much of the middle class and reduce some Americans to eating dog food could well cause many voters to question whether a system so fundamentally flawed can endure...
Richard di Franco, 36, was shaving before going to work in his Portland, Me., restaurant. Standing in the doorway, Ferdinand, his large three-year-old St. Bernard, looked on. Di Franco leaned down to pat the dog's head. Without warning, the animal leaped forward and Di Franco felt his face gripped between Ferdinand's powerful, crushing jaws as his pet tore a long gash in his right cheek that took scores of stitches to repair...
...sequins perhaps, but glitter and lots of it. Sprinkle glitter in shaker cans for the face. Plastic mirrors for bracelets. Reflecting collars, spangled spacesuits, and gloves with dog-pad mirror plates. Jobriath designs all the costumes himself. He considers the outfits an integral part...
...more substance than the dreams he spins--as a buffoon, a con-man who really could be happy selling the Brooklyn Bridge if only someone would buy. But there isn't a member of the Loman family who is deceived by this shabby little dog-eared pack of dreams that Willy has been hauling about--and least of all, Willy. And therein lies the bitter legacy of human grandeur--that unlike the less fortunate primates, we get to chronicle our own spreading stench of death...
...company uniforms selected prisoners for slave labor from those destined for the gas chambers. Krupp factories within sight of the crematoriums--or in the heart of German cities in plain view--produced the weapons of Nazi Germany with the labor of its victims. These workers were housed in dog kennels, in public urinals, tents and tunnels...