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Word: furred (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...long-tailed hats been so popular. Manhattan-based Jack Seifter and Sons, the largest U.S. manufacturer of the caps, has seen sales double in the past several months. During 1988 the company sold 500 of the authentic caps (retail price: $100) and 10,000 versions made with fake fur or rabbit pelt and a real ringtail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HEADGEAR: Just Wild About Ringtails | 1/23/1989 | See Source »

...Heritage Dictionary defines murder as "the unlawful killing of one human being by another." In recent rallies around the country, the animal rights movement promoted a different definition for murder: manufacturing, selling and wearing fur coats...

Author: By Joshua M. Sharfstein, | Title: Of Mice and Men | 1/18/1989 | See Source »

...Fur is not murder. It may be a needless fashion symbol, it may involve the death of many animals and it may even entail cruelty to these animals. But, because it does not involve the death of humans, it is not murder...

Author: By Joshua M. Sharfstein, | Title: Of Mice and Men | 1/18/1989 | See Source »

This is a dangerous doctrine. Less than three weeks ago, the militant Animal Liberation Front (ALF) firebombed nine British stores which sell fur coats. In New York, Jewish furriers have been the targets of anti-fur vandalism which equates the manufacture of fur coats to Nazism...

Author: By Joshua M. Sharfstein, | Title: Of Mice and Men | 1/18/1989 | See Source »

This "rescue effort" reflects the perverted values of many involved in the animal rights movement today. Yes, excessive animal cruelty should be stopped. Yes, we should search for adequate substitutes to animal experimentation. And yes, potential fur coat buyers should be dissuaded from their purchase...

Author: By Joshua M. Sharfstein, | Title: Of Mice and Men | 1/18/1989 | See Source »

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