Word: doggedly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...shakedowns that accompany each election cycle. The Committee for Economic Development (CED), a group of powerful business and educational leaders, has called on Congress to pass the Shays-Meehan bill. The response was a threatening letter by Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Tenn.), the GOP's anti-reform attack dog in the Senate, recommending that the CED's members publicly disclaim the report...
...given a paw shock while in a box; after a few rounds, they showed signs of fear from just being in the box, having learned that a shock was likely to follow. They learned in similar fashion to be afraid when a bell sounded--a variation on Pavlov's dog experiments. In each case, the Doogies learned faster than normal mice. The same happened with a novel-object test: after becoming familiar with two plastic toys, the Doogies would show special interest when one was replaced; normal mice tended to be equally curious about a familiar object...
...working-class back-story there are drugs, drink and a feckless but funny bunch of buddies. Also a paraplegic brother, a three-legged dog and a widowed father (Alec Baldwin) for whom tough love is a family tradition, not a catch phrase. It is he who has sentenced his son to a last-chance senior year in prep school, which strikes him as a better, if more expensive, alternative to reform school...
...LIGHTER NOTE: Yappy Hour, from the owners of celebrity-pet haunt Three Dog Bakery; The Doggie Fashion Show--part of the networking luncheon--featuring faux-fur coats and multicolored raincoats. Pucci would be jealous...
...Dog...