Word: pet
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...retired, at 75, to spend time with her husband John, who suffers from Alzheimer's disease. But she told TIME's Jeff Chu that retirement has been anything but relaxing - "I'm looking at my calendar," she said, "and it's endless" - filled with travel, advocacy for her pet causes and regular reunions with her colleagues on the Court. Here are excerpts from their conversation...
...Lounge on Friday. Reigning “fun czar” John T. Drake ’06 and crew go on at 11 p.m. ($10). The States, another Harvard alum group, will be at the Middle East Downstairs on Saturday at 9 p.m., followed by Be Your Own Pet ($12). Meow. For locations and more listings, see www.nemoboston.com...
...threat to pass a bill--signed into law last week by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger--that raises the maximum fine for harming a sea otter to $25,000 and requires that all cat litter sold in California carry a warning label advising cat owners not to dump their pet's droppings into toilets or storm drains...
...pet food industry stopped using horsemeat about 12 years ago. Some 90% of the horses still sent to the slaughterhouses aren't old or sick but in good condition, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. "Killer buyers" roam the country purchasing horses but not telling owners they'll end up at a slaughterhouse...
...when Abandon the Old in Tokyo, a collection of Tatsumi's work, is published in English. Tatsumi's shell-shocked characters include a truck driver who ditches his invalid mother; a factory worker who loses his arm in an industrial accident, then loses his job, his girlfriend and his pet monkey; and a bankrupt businessman who seeks solace through intimate relations with a dog. And what about that moon-faced young man who appears as the central loser in many of these cartoons? "You could say I projected my anger about the discrimination and inequality rampant in our society through...