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Word: kennel (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...unusual result is a comedy of mourning, an affirmation of attachments to the dead. Ethan visits his father in dreams; Leary's closest companion is Edward, his son's Welsh corgi. Unruly and nippy, the dog requires the services of Muriel, an obedience trainer at Meow-Bow kennel. She is an untypical breed in "truncated black suede boots with witchy toes and needle heels," a streetwise stray looking for a home. The Maryland working girl eventually gets a leash around Macon, who wants his wife back but breaks a leg and has to move in with his brothers and sister...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Innocent with an Explanation the Accidental Tourist | 9/16/1985 | See Source »

...occasional plaid sport coat instead of the somber suits of the first trial. Last week, as Corinne Grande, the presiding judge, led jurors on a walking tour of Clarendon Court, the family mansion in Newport and the alleged scene of the crime, Von Bulow strayed over to the kennel to play with the three golden retrievers he has not seen in more than three years. Suddenly he broke down. He quickly removed a paisley pocket-square, dabbed away his tears, then abruptly reset his stern...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Take Two: The Von Bulow trial resumes | 5/6/1985 | See Source »

...Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, the company billed the Government for an $18,000 country-club admissions fee, $1,125 worth of jewelry given to then Admiral Hyman Rickover's wife and the charge for boarding a company executive's dog at a kennel. Last week Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger suspended payments of roughly $40 million to General Dynamics for at least 30 days while the Pentagon investigates whether the company has bilked the taxpayers by billing the U.S. for corporate entertainment, personal expenses and political contributions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Getting Tough? | 3/18/1985 | See Source »

Happiness may be a warm puppy. But too many puppies do not always bring happiness. Now, Carnation has a simple solution for people worried about having a population explosion in the family kennel: contraception in a can. The California company last week asked the Food and Drug Administration to approve its Extra Care Birth Control Dog Food. The product contains the drug ; mibolerone, which when consumed daily prevents the onset of estrus in female dogs. Says Carnation Spokeswoman Barbara Royer: "This is an alternative to spaying that is safe, effective, reversible, economical and available to everybody." The market should...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Products: Food for Naught | 2/25/1985 | See Source »

...more jokes-not even an easy aside like, "To a dog, every day is Saturday." The American Kennel Club observed the 100th anniversary of its founding this year in Philadelphia. It was founded, in fact, on Sept. 17, 1884, right there in Philadelphia. To mark the occasion, the AKC put together the largest dog show ever held in North America. It brought more than 8,000 dogs to the Philadelphia Civic Center. Security was tighter than a rusted nut. Tighter than it had been a month before during the vice-presidential debate in the same spot, according to a visitor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Philadelphia: Superdogs | 12/17/1984 | See Source »

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