Word: dog
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...Obama's ambition sometimes makes him overly cautious. Eight months ago, when a TIME reporter asked him if he had read any interesting books or met any interesting people lately, he said he wanted to think about that and respond later. Obama rarely plays the role of attack dog for his party. "He's very carefully chosen what assignments he will take," says a Senate Democratic aide. Some Democrats complain that his high-profile alliances with Republicans--such as his joining with Tom Coburn, one of the most conservative Republicans in the Senate, to push a bill to monitor Hurricane...
...someone call to inquire why they haven't been around. The mailman doesn't appear. No one drops by to ask the kids to play. And then there's the robbers: a bunch of psychos who invade a home but pose no sexual menace to their female captives. The dog begins yapping at an inconvenient moment, and we fear more for him than for his owners...
...have sparked a fan club! How cool is that?" Not everyone in Korea is sold on Ohno. "I know that the Korean public wants revenge," says top Olympic challenger Ahn Hyun Soo. But Ahn insists he wants to beat Ohno only because the American is the top dog, not because he's American. Ohno remains a medal favorite in each of short track's three individual events, although he'll face tough competition from Ahn, China's Li Jiajun and Canada's Mathieu Turcotte. Still, in a sport that's dangerous enough, here's hoping the scariest action in Torino...
Disney's lineup includes next December's eccentric time-travel tale Meet the Robinsons, with a critter comedy, American Dog, and a familiar fairy tale, Rapunzel, in years ahead. Set for 2007 is Enchanted, a live-action-plus-animation hybrid à la Roger Rabbit, about a storybook princess who enters the real world of modern Manhattan. Then there's Gnomeo & Juliet, a musical remake of Shakespeare's tragedy (it worked for West Side Story) featuring garden gnomes, with songs by executive producer Elton John. Disney is also developing a new Three Little Pigs, using Caldecott Award winner David Wiesner...
...DISCONTINUED. AIBO, pioneering robopet that has charmed more than 150,000 owners since its debut in 1999; in Tokyo. The termination of the $1,570 dog that plays ball and reacts to voices and faces is part of a shake-up at its Japanese manufacturer, Sony Electronics, which has scrambled to stem lagging profits. Sony has also cut 4,500 jobs, closed seven factories and terminated its cutting-edge Qrio humanoid robots and its luxury Qualia electronics line...