Word: doggedly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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First Jordan, then Gretzky, now (maybe) Nakajima. HIROFUMI NAKAJIMA of Kofu, Japan, the undisputed world hot dog-eating champion, may not return to Coney Island July 4 to try to win the Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest for a third time. The 131-lb. "Black Hole of Kofu" first won the competition in 1997, when he defeated 360-lb. Ed ("The Animal") Krachie of New York City by downing 24 1/2 dogs (plus buns). "At first they booed me, probably because I am a skinny little man," says Nakajima, who soon became a crowd favorite. A Nathan...
...DOGGED CONSUMERS Last week CBS aired the first ad just for cats. Over the top? Not for folks at the National Pet Products Trade Show, who were selling Rebound! a dog sports drink; Chip Runner, a toy chipmunk that runs in a ball; and Scratch 'n Catch, with scratch-activated mouse...
...grow--is being able to move up and down emotionally, having a basic elasticity. Says Dr. Peter Jensen, child and adolescent psychiatrist at the National Institute of Mental Health: "A child is more fluid and plastic than an adult. A child may look depressed one day because his dog died but seem O.K. three days later...
...three talk occasionally; all three say they'd like to patch it up. But Gordon's unreachability, to his own parents or to the next reporter who comes along and tries to break him down, isn't surprising. He is the dog who runs ahead of the pack and doesn't know why. His world begins at 200 miles an hour, and when he is out there, it's a safe place where no one knows...
...worry that we are going to become free-will invalids. People have stylists, dog walkers and personal shoppers. Am I supposed to hire a couples therapist to follow me around so I don't cheat on my girlfriend, and a music critic to hide my Bruce Hornsby CDs? I don't want to live in that world. Mostly because I can't afford...