Word: pets
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...troubles, the spread of dog excrement on the streets and parks long seemed insoluble and irreversible. Last week, after years of fruitless public clamor for an ordinance to ban canine littering, a state law went into effect that would levy a $25 fine on dog owners who let their pets defecate in any public area without cleaning up the act; the law applies to cities of more than 400,000. In New York City, 2,500 municipal workers, from cops to sanitation men, were authorized to issue summonses to any citizen failing to pick up after his pet...
...other baseball news, Cincinnati thirdbaseman Pet Rose upped his miracle hitting streak to 44 games with a single off Atlanta's Phil Niekro as the Reds won, 3-2. Rose tied Wee Willie Keeler's record streak with...
Deep in Guatemala's Petén rain forest, five men dig into a curious mound in the earth. They suspect that an ancient tomb lies somewhere beneath it, and before long, their hunch is confirmed. Just below the surface, they uncover a huge limestone slab, or stela, inscribed with Mayan symbols. A little deeper they find the tomb, filled with jade and alabaster jewelry, brilliantly colored ceramic platters and other priceless antiquities created by Mayan craftsmen long before Columbus reached the shores of the New World...
Mary Lynch of Eagan, Minn., used to have a pet white rabbit. Her neighbor, Tim Wilson, used to have a pet black cat. One day Cootus the cat crept out, confronted the rabbit, and, according to Lynch, the bunny died of fright. Lynch called the animal warden, and the cat was soon incarcerated at the local police station, where it hissed at its captors. Three hours after catching the cat, the cops carried it off to a firing range and dispatched it with a shotgun...
...cynicism and divisiveness and skepticism of the past seem to be fading. We are starting to see that we do have a common enemy: inflation. Now we are beginning to see people saying, 'We don't want any more Government ?and I'll have to give up my pet project too.' I don't think there could be a nicer tune in anyone's life than when you have everyone coming to a common understanding...