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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Watching Fido lounge by the radiator or snowball arrogantly circle her designer litter box, it's hard to believe that dogs and cats were originally domesticated for practical purposes (dogs hunted; cats chased vermin away). While no one can deny the charms of a good animal companion, wouldn't it be nice if there were a furry friend that didn't take its place in the American household for granted? A pet that, frankly, reflected better on its modern mover-shaker owners? There is hope. "I think ferrets could be the pets of the future," says Mary Shefferman, editor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will A Dog Still Be Man's Best Friend? | 2/21/2000 | See Source »

...arrival 5 Wears out the rug 6 Greenspan of the Fed 7 Cacophony 8 Central figure in a 25-year-old murder case 9 Loesser's The Most Happy -- 11 Serious fluid buildup 12 Police, slangily 14 Bartlett's abbr. 16 "Be prepared" org. 19 Litter's littlest 20 Bauxite or galena 21 Dumb -- (old comic strip) 23 Sot's spree 24 Strip in the Middle East 26 Lesage's -- Blas 27 Benjamin's successor 28 Rush to sell, on Wall Street 29 New competitor for the Pentium 30 One-liner producer 31 Bradley favors Executive Order to outlaw -- profiling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: News Quiz Crossword Feb. 7, 2000 | 2/7/2000 | See Source »

...Three a.m., the night before deadline, the office is abuzz. Computer screens glow as editors, sustained by caffeine, frantically click at their keyboards putting finishing touches on their babies. Red-eyed editors litter the floor amid a wasteland of sleeping bags. The trash overflows with tinfoil and napkins, remnants of late night stops at The Wrap. As the sun rises over Cambridge, some editors panic and some breathe a heavy sigh of relief...

Author: By Adam M. Taub, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: The Lush Life at Let's Go | 2/3/2000 | See Source »

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