Word: pets
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...make their witticisms in or near the kitchen, lest the chocolate-chip cookies burn. Mary Tyler Moore, playing Rob Petrie's wife on The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961-66), wore tighter dresses but was a thoroughly suburban housewife: Rob went to work, Laura worried about the pet duck catching cold...
...inadvertently) threatening to blow up their explosively clever new show, at this very moment. For as you peruse these very lines, they are forced to stand by in suspended animation, waiting for your cue to move. So don't be shy; start yelling out at them your shoesize, your pet peeve, your oatmeal brand. The Next Move, Boston's latest entry in the improvisational theater, can't go on without...
...Energy Data Administration. This is a pet project of Schlesinger's, a relentless dataphile, who is dismayed about the lack of reliable information on such vital matters as reserves of natural gas and production possibilities of gas and oil. He does not trust industry figures or believe they tell Government enough to make sound policy decisions. In a tactful way, Carter made the same point in his news conference: "I want to increase the surety that the reserve-supply data given us by the oil companies and others are accurate...
...rich and famous heroes, not depressing death reports and unconfirmed rumors suggesting that the ship's crew might have kept a bunch of faceless illiterates with unpronounceable names below until just before the ship sank. So while the front page headlines trumpeted stories of Astor and his heroic pet airedale Kitty, the news about the steerage-class passengers surfaced inside underneath a box-score, and everyone was happy. An adventure-hungry public eagerly devoured all the stories about the ship's blue-blooded survivors, and the big newspaper magnates obligingly fed them improbable tales of white-tie-and-tails lifeboat...
Medipet. San Francisco pet owners who feel distempered by runaway veterinary costs can now sign up for Medipet, a prepaid insurance plan for dogs and cats. For $68 a year, pets are covered for routine treatment such as physical exams, rabies shots, defleaing and worming-all of which can cost up to $100 a year without insurance. They also get prescription drugs and emergency hospital care. Medipet founder Paul E. Murray Jr. says some 13,000 pets are put to death in the U.S. each day because their owners cannot afford vet bills. Murray, who started the San Francisco program...