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...some 25 million pet felines in the U.S.; their care and feeding cost up to $1.8 billion a year, which is more than the defense budget of Brazil. Yet, deep in the American psyche, there is evidently a bristling resentment of Felis domestica. This has erupted in a litter of books that celebrate a new and fast-growing cult of ailurophobia (hatred or fear of cats...
...fail because the gap between the old and the new items is too wide. Arm & Hammer, for example, unsuccessfully tried to stretch its baking-soda name to include an underarm deodorant. The company is still trying, however. It has put its name on new deodorants for carpets and cat litter...
...movie gets underway, we realize that we have actually missed most of man's grimmest hour. Christianity has penetrated deep into the British backwoods, while the monster population has taken a perilous tailspin. Only one winged geezer remains, living quietly for the most part with a litter of dragon cubs. Understandably, even one fire-breathing creature has the locals a little unnerved, especially since once a month, their ruler picks a young maiden to be fed to the beast. Thus the search for a savior begins, setting up the required battle of good versus evil...
...there is hope. A surprisingly small number of war toys litter the shelves, and they tend toward acute realism. One group of "play action figures" includes a soldier with a geiger counter, presumably for mopping up after a tactical warhead explodes nearby. The collection also includes a small flag (American...
Somewhere in the interstice between psychiatry, religion and philosophy lies the synthesis of a social ethic for the next generations. That "new" thought is but dimly seen, barely revealed even to the alchemists who litter lecture halls and speaker's platforms with the bird-droppings of Jonathan Livingston Seagull and the offal of Werner Erhard...