Word: pet
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...with my roommate have taken precedence over my readings. It’s just that the class hasn’t quite finished talking about the last assigned passage…the one due Oct. 14. Surprisingly, our limited productivity is due to a nasty habit of that adored pet of pedagogy, Discussion, which especially in small classes likes to take advantage of its long leash to run wildly out of control...
...days the question lingered, Why had Bush bombed? The President had prepared carefully, listening to audiotapes of Kerry's most pointed attacks on the Administration. Everyone--Rove, Hughes, even Laura Bush--had a pet theory. Was Bush tired from visiting hurricane victims? Had he been so blinded by Kerry's claims that he'd forgotten the warnings that his facial reactions as Kerry spoke would be seen by tens of millions? "I still don't know where that person went who showed up to those last practice sessions," said an aide, looking back. The best guess was also the simplest...
...Model,” where “Jack” tries to find work as a disfigured model whose act includes setting himself on fire and pulling chairs out from his nether region. Still, the majority of the prank calls are like “Pet Cobra,” a mixture of offensive stereotyping (in this case a man with an over-the-top Indian accent who’s bitten by his cobra while charming it with a flute) and an overall difficulty and aggression...
Harold Erickson knows his pet food. Every week he doles out thousands of pounds of Royal Canin therapeutic chow for every kind of pet, from aged Afghans to plump Persians. After Hurricane Charley blew through Florida late last summer, the former Army sergeant knew work might get hectic. He had no idea. On Aug. 16, French-based Royal Canin called with an urgent order, and within the hour Erickson, 46, and his co-workers mixed, packed and shipped a whopping 500 lbs. of premium dog and cat food--which can cost up to $30 per 16-lb. bag--to panicked...
...soldiers all over the world. Though he recognizes that his current shipments for UPS clearly don't have that life-or-death urgency, Erickson knows what the customer expects. That's why UPS has an on-time delivery rate that's better than 99% for Royal Canin's upscale pet food. Erickson admits, "I was surprised that UPS did this sort of thing." If Eskew has his way, people won't be surprised much longer. --With reporting by Greg Fulton/Atlanta...