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Word: peise (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Yet even if they had chosen another breed, the Metzgers would have been taking a chance. The appalling truth is that as many as 25% of the 20 million purebred dogs in America -- 1 in 4 animals -- are afflicted with a serious genetic problem. German shepherds, for example, run an...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Terrible Beauty | 12/12/1994 | See Source »

Biologically, this is just asking for trouble. For one thing, the characteristics judges and clubs have decreed to be gorgeous can themselves be bad for the animals' health -- huge heads on bulldogs that make it difficult for them to be born naturally, for example, or the wrinkled skin on Shar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Terrible Beauty | 12/12/1994 | See Source »

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