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...unspoken compact between author and reader, however, assumes that the author should more or less enjoy his journeying. Not everything about it, not the fleas and the sandstorms. In general, though, a good travel writer should like what he sees and, in the manner of a Labrador retriever who wanders, admire each new vista slightly more than the last. If not, why travel? What's the point...
...unlikely winner enjoyed itself more than any fan, reached the end zone multiple times and stymied the referees' attempts to assert control. The jet-black Labrador retriever stole the show ... and one of the orange endline markers...
...chicken for supremes de volatile aux poivrons are at hand on the big, 6-ft. by 12-ft. marble worktable, along with peppers, tomatoes, fresh corn. Franey, who is wearing a tennis shirt and khakis, puts on a blue denim apron that matches Claiborne's. His dogs, a Labrador and a spaniel, array themselves on the red tile floor. He banishes to outer darkness a bottle of strong, dark Italian olive oil, with which Claiborne has been whisking up mayonnaise, and replaces it with a can of clear, rational French olive oil. He is ready. He halves...
...resident in internal medicine at New York's Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center. Looking for a relationship between human breeding habits and the effects of seasonal light on the pituitary and pineal glands, Ehrenkranz spent portions of a five-year span measuring the hormone levels of Eskimos in Labrador. Birth records of two Eskimo communities dating back to 1778 showed a sharp increase in births in March. This confirmed Ehrenkranz's observations that secretions from these glands had changed dramatically by the long days of June-exactly nine months before March...
...haters delight in announcing that a Siamese will not faithfully drool in your lap for a kind word like a Labrador retriever. Even the most fervid owners of felines can be surprised-almost to cardiac arrest-by their pets' peculiarities. Your cat lurks in the dark attic just when you thought you were alone. As a form of endearment, he may jump on your shoulder from the top of the refrigerator. He may refuse all food until you cook the same kind of bacon-and-cheese sandwich he enjoyed a week ago. He will, in the meantime, deposit...