Word: pet
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...five minutes, he manages to lose it. Blunsten returns home where success surrounds him: his wife, Marcie, is a slick newscaster. His daughter, Peppermint, gets promoted every week in her job at Taco Parade: first to Golden Sombrero, then to Aztec Sun God and finally, to CEO. Even his pet, Yipper, wins fame and glory as a rescue dog in the Himalayas...
Then there's the litany of Vietnam War-inspired policies. On his pet issue, health care (which Bill Clinton--who focuses on education--is at least as knowledgeable about), Kerrey advocates national health insurance for one major reason: "Government saved my life" in a vets hospital after the war, he told The New Republic and New York...
...scion of an Atlanta banking family, Robinson, 55, maintains a courtly manner and has donned the mantle of corporate elder statesman by frequently testifying before Congress and speaking out on pet issues like the benefits of free trade. Chairman since 1977, he has managed to portray himself as a leader above the fray of day-to-day problems, which has earned him a reputation as a Teflon-coated executive...
...perhaps the most absurdly gruesome update of a classic '50s comic, Howard Cruse regrets "Raising Nancies." The story twists the classic comic-book mail order ad, for pet Sea Monkeys. The narrator details how the humanoid, but mindless, Nancy creatures grew from play-things into nuisances and how he finally sold them to the "Acme Used Nancy Collection Service." The narrator rues his error when he learns that the Nancies end up in concentration-camp "Nancy Farms," where their "pelts" are harvested for fur coats...
...goes on a 25-city tour after a two-year absence and puts out two new albums after the tour is over. And it's hard not to chuckle at a band whose lead guitarist spends a sizable chunk of his Rolling Stone interview discussing the death of his pet snake Clyde. ("Had he been sick for a long time?" inquired Rolling Stone, in arguably the most unforgettable rock-'n'-roll interview question of all time. Yes, the snake...