Word: dogs
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Nevada voters turned down Question 12, which would have required a two-thirds vote of the state legislature plus a majority vote of the electorate before any tax or fee, even on dog licenses, could be levied or raised. It would have put a 5% cap on property tax increases. Democratic Governor Richard Bryan and Republican Lieutenant Governor Bob Cashell were strong opponents, as were members of the state's influential gaming industry, who feared Question 12 would result in higher gambling taxes...
...Stubbs was quite unsentimental, and his work reminds us what a recent invention the idea that "animals are only human" really is. His animals are always presented in the full "otherness" of their animal nature. He kept to this even when painting that traditional focus of woozy emotion, the dog. Stubbs rendered the lean ferocity of the staghound, or the compact, questing efficiency of the foxhound, with perfect respect for their actual being as creatures in their own world. Even when he did pets-as in Fino and Tiny, circa 1791, which is dominated by a superbly rhythmical profile...
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...completely misreading the situation," said Francisco Tatad, a former government minister who is now an opposition leader. "His comments have disappointed a lot of people here." At week's end Marcos declared that though grateful for U.S. support, "we certainly don't want to appear the pet dog of any Western ally...
This saggy-dog story, made for $120,000 by American Independent Film Maker Jim Jarmusch, asks the musical question: How hip are you? A coupla white guys sit around talking, or moping. One of the guys plays desultory host to his cousin from Budapest...