Word: pet
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...have to remind people to stay on target," Raines said, describing the tendency of today's representatives to let fiscally unwise pet projects distract them...
...story from her weather-worn mobile home on a dirt road northwest of Jonesboro. Next door is Brand Custom Hauling--the company that employs Gretchen's third husband, Terry Woodard, as a heavy-equipment operator. In the house a bobtailed cat prowls the kitchen counter while Trigger, the pet guinea pig, snoozes in its cage. "The hardest thing for me is that this was the happiest any of us had ever been," says Woodard. On the morning of the shooting, Mitch had sat at her circular kitchen table, slumped in her spindle-back chair, chuckling with his stepfather over...
...animals are dropping like, well, flies at Disney's new zoo, and the American Kennel Club is rethinking its position that while Doberman pinschers are kid-friendly, Chihuahuas should be kept away from both junior AND Taco Bell. What's a card-carrying member of PETA to do? Rent 'Pet Sematary', of course (but don't let anyone see you do it), a God-Awful picture that will nevertheless leave you nostalgic for the time when Stephen King could get a $2 million movie deal for his grocery list. Think of it as desert, and remember, to paraphrase the movie...
...planted flowers, and views of unusual objects associated with death rituals, such as fabulously-designed coffins and factory-packaged embalming products. Concurrent with these video images, the viewer hears a variety of audio including professional psychics discussing the afterlife status of four of Merriman's family members (including a pet dog) who have died...
...flattering reference to my gaudily crowned head but may I file a gentle demurrer to your repeated use of the adjective "dwarfish" in describing my person. Although I actually stand five feet four inches in socks, I have never objected to being ribbed about my size. Your pet word, however, strikes me as inappropriate as it carries a connotation of the monstrous and stunted. Let me suggest that such phrases as "smallish," "minute," "miniature" and even "pocket-size" Billy Rose would be considerably more appetizing. Of course, if your mind is made up, I assure you that I would rather...