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Gary bought Menachim the gerbil over a lonely intersession last year. "I needed a gerbil," the sophomore explained. Gary replaced Menachim with Penina the gerbil over the summer when he and Menachim decided it would be best for Menachim to remain at Gary's home...

Author: By Shari Rudavsky, | Title: Room Pets: Furry Malefactors? | 10/5/1985 | See Source »

Under the supervision of Scott County Attorney Kathleen Morris, the number of arrests for alleged child sexual abuse grew. Fear spread through the once tranquil community. Children related detailed incidents of sodomy, incest and bestiality. One young girl reported being forced to eat a cat and a pet gerbil, "fur and all." A ten-year-old boy said he was kidnaped and driven to a party where whip-wielding women in see-through clothes forced him into sexual acts with other children and adults that were photographed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Disturbing End of a Nightmare | 2/25/1985 | See Source »

...Kapchan, a professor of psychology at the University of Miami, warns that 'Watchman will simply give those who are psychologically dependent on TV more access, producing distraction and more escape from reality.' And one final warning from me, Harry Hairspray. Please keep the children's gerbil away from the set. When you're this small, you must be careful. Good night, and have a tiny tomorrow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Traveling Light in Lilliput | 1/3/1983 | See Source »

...another from the Lawston Foundry, informing me that Stan Lewandowski's sculpture, Oppresso, would not be cast in time for the opening of the Minot Performing Arts Center. The foundry workers, after hearing what Lewandowski was being paid for creating what looked to them like a large gerbil cage, went out on strike . . . I wasted fifteen minutes trying to make a lunch date with Hugo Groveland, the mining heir, to discuss the Arts Mall. He was going away for a while . . . He hinted at dark personal tragedies . . . and suggested I call his mother. 'She's more your...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Main Street's Shy Revisionist | 2/1/1982 | See Source »

...Zimmer did show up at the ballpark yesterday in a ten-gallon hat ("I'm probably the world's fattest cowboy"--Zimmer), but it wasn't even his. And while the 26,000 fans gave the man who really does look like a gerbil a rude welcome. Zip held court for over an hour, talking to reporters and broadcasters in the Texas dugout...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: All Night in Pawtucket | 4/21/1981 | See Source »

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