Word: dogged
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...number of summary judgments against plaintiffs" alleging age discrimination, says Eric Nelson, a New York attorney specializing in employment law. Chicago lawyer Taren adds that some courts have even interpreted employer comments such as, "This company is looking for young blood," or, "You can't teach an old dog new tricks," to be innocent remarks rather than evidence of serious bias. The upshot is that if an age-discrimination case is to succeed, an employer virtually has to tell a worker in so many words, "We don't want you because...
...DOG SEX Some wacky millionaire is spending $2.3 million on not yet perfected scientific methods to get his dog Missy cloned. Hey, buddy, find a mail-order bride...
MSNBC Rating: [1/2 umbrella] What's up with this guy? While the storm rages down South, Pat Dawson looks as if he's prepping to grab a dog and take in the boardwalk rides at Atlantic City, N.J. Note to Pat: This is no way to win that Emmy...
There have been some intriguing leads. One person was arrested Nov. 13 and interrogated for several hours before being released. On the face of it, the man and his car seemed to match an eyewitness description of a damaged white Uno fleeing the tunnel with a large dog in the rear compartment. The suspect, an employee of a private security firm, regularly carried dogs in his car and had had his white Uno repainted red shortly after the accident. But investigators declared him "cleared of suspicion" after determining that the car did not match the physical evidence found...
...Brits, who have had mixed success selling TV to the U.S., have a new secret weapon: NODDY. A small wooden puppet whose friends have names like Big Ears and BUMPY DOG, he has proved irresistible to generations of British kids, so the BBC has made a U.S. version. Want to talk production values? The American show adds cute-beyond-belief child actors, big musical numbers and, of course, star power. CAROL KANE does a turn as the Tooth Fairy. How much does she pay? "Teeth are very expensive," she says. "I don't think you can leave less than...