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...mentally disturbed children. But man has become neurotic, she contends, when owners take pet alligators for drives, buy hairpieces for dogs and lacetrimmed nightgowns for cats, give the puma a pint of beer as a nightcap, and make unnecessary gourmet viands the fastest-growing segment of the U.S. petfood market. Some owners bury their canaries and pooches under massive marble tombstones in special cemeteries. Only last week, an Italian court ruled that a wife was justified in leaving her husband because he regularly shared his bedroom with 30 cats and six dogs while forcing her to sleep in another room...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Deviants: Turning Pets into People | 2/14/1969 | See Source »

...gleaming gold foil. Among the new gimmicks: multiple-unit "specials," with three, six and twelve items in a pack. One Midwest chain reports that it sold only nine cans of sauerkraut a week at a dime apiece, but 441 cans priced at ten cans for $1. A West Coast petfood packer sells more three-can packages priced at 29? than three individual cans priced at 9? apiece...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: IMPULSE BUYING | 7/7/1958 | See Source »

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