Word: furred
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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What had doubtless seemed simple generosity to President Ford when he gave his Alaska timberwolf fur coat to an ad miring Leonid Brezhnev seemed to them defiling of an endangered species. Let ters and telegrams of protest greeted Ford on his return to Washington. It turned out that the Chief Executive was saved by the skin of his coat. While wolves in the Lower 48 states are on the endangered list, the 50,000 or so timber wolves that inhabit Alaska are not, so Ford emerged blameless on a technicality. The coat was the gift of an Alaska furrier named...
...than usual. To add to the forbidding configuration, the forward end of the woolly bear caterpillar is ominously darker this season. For legions of hunters, woodsmen and students of weather arcana, the evidence is plain-a harsh winter lies ahead. The omens, they warn, are all but unanimous: animal fur is thicker, the perch are running deeper, and the pine tree is unusually laden with seeds. Linwood Rideout of Bowdoinham, Me., a hunting guide for 40 years, gauges the se verity of the winter to come by the relative whiteness of a wild goose's breastbone after the bird...
When Tenor Richard Tucker, 60, set off for Alaska for a concert, he promised his grandchildren that he would have his picture taken driving a dog team. Arriving in Anchorage, however, Tucker found no snow. Gamely he dressed up in a fur-trimmed anorak and posed his wife Sara in the sled, then waved a whip above five puzzled huskies. He was not so happy when the dogs set up a wail reminiscent of / Pagliacci. "Mush!" he cried, and swung the whip in his wife's direction saying, "It's the first time in more than 35 years...
...animals developed ataxia-depression-a nervous disorder characterized by listlessness, loss of appetite and lack of coordination; four of the animals died. The Environmental Protection Agency warns that flea-collar poisoning may produce dizziness, nausea and skin rashes in humans. The pesky insects generally prefer the fur of pets, but can be found on human bodies. Fleas can also live in carpets and furniture, emerging to bite householders. Thus, suggest health officials, people who have flea problems should use a vacuum cleaner, carefully empty the contents into a plastic bag and then close it tightly, lest they recycle the fleas...
...some have noted a link between birds and heart problems. To examine the connection, Cardiologist Christopher Ward and Immunologist Anthony M. Ward (no kin) questioned 257 patients under treat ment for valvular heart disease. They found that 125 had had rheumatic fe ver or a related ailment. But they fur ther discovered that of the 132 with no history of these illnesses, 83 (or 63%) had owned or handled birds. The doctors examined post-mortem tissue from 27 patients who had had valvular heart disease. Seven were carrying antigens indicating possible infection with a microorganism called Chlamydia psittaci-the same...