Word: doggedly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Harvard responded, "We want to be national champions." And Michigan State shot back: "Sure, and my dog Spot wants to be the next Lassie. Sure, and my uncle Gary wants to be president of the United States. Sure, you want to be national champions. Sure...
...like a troll, or a goblin or something." Harriet names him Ben and brings him home to his father and siblings, who learn to shun and fear him. The infant is physically precocious and incredibly strong, and he betrays no trace of human sympathy or fellowship. A dog and a cat about the premises die mysteriously, apparently strangled. David and Harriet come to view Ben as an enemy, one who "had willed himself to be born, had invaded their ordinariness, which had no defences against him or anything like...
Most Ill-Tempered Coach: Colgate's Terry Slater. After a loss, Slater looks like he got out of bed, fell down the stairs, out the door and into a heavy downpour. When Slater goes home after a loss, he doesn't kick the dog, he burns the doghouse...
...that you've had your frozen diet gourmet TV dinner and played checkers with the computer, what other experience is left to simulate? Would you believe a video dog? A video...
...There's no responsibility," says Stephen Bruce, whose New York City boutique Serendipity 3 sells the tapes. "When you're finished you can just go right back to your work." Robert Muller of Jackson, Miss., bought his wife Julie a video dog for Christmas and enjoyed showing it off to relatives. "We got to say, 'Look, we just got our video dog, and it's already housebroken...