Word: leash
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...other day at Stanford, a tall Hispanic boy and a small, autistic Cambodian boy walked Apache Rose through the halls together. The students had nothing in common but a leash to this dog, yet a visitor could sense their mutual pride--the older child in befriending a member of the Stanford family he might never have known about, the younger child in facing his fear and discovering the joys of companionship. Apache Rose, not unlike middle school, is a bridge...
...Drummond dashed out the door and drove straight to the designer's South Beach villa, where his blood still stained the front steps. What she discovered there was more like a Versace catwalk than a crime scene. "It was totally surreal," says Drummond. "There was a squirrel on a leash perched atop a man's head. A dachshund wearing a necklace pranced about, and models were everywhere, mugging for the cameras...
Against Hartford the Crimson showed how poorly it was capable of playing. Ferrucci, who was the Crimson's leading scorer that day with four goals, seemed to be pulling his team along like a stubborn dog on a leash...
...House counsel's office under Republican Presidents. Gingrich hopes their experience will prove valuable to an investigation that involves complex legal haggling with Clinton's counsel, Charles Ruff. But the Speaker's real goal, says a close adviser, is "to encircle" the chairman and "put him on a shorter leash." The leadership has added to its leverage by setting aside much of the money Burton requested for his committee in a "reserve fund." "We only gave him money for this year," says a leadership aide. "That way, if he tanks, we can pull the plug...
Those arrangements include requiring proctors to carry personal liability insurance, obtain proof of vaccination, comply with Cambridge leash laws and provide the FDO with the name and telephone number of a local veterinarian, among other rules...