Word: pets
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Died. Theodosius Dobzhansky, 75, Russian-born geneticist whose work at U.S. universities and research institutes earned world acclaim; of a heart attack; in Davis, Calif. Dobzhansky, who came to the U.S. as a student and chose to remain when the spurious environmental doctrines of Stalin's pet geneticist, T.D. Lysenko, became Communist dogma, was best known for works such as Genetic Diversity and Human Equality and Heredity and the Nature...
...understand why anyone would be willing to pay $4 for a pet rock, especially since it doesn't even come with a pedigree...
...saddens me to think there are Americans who would buy a pet rock at a prestigious store just for oneupmanship. A true pet lover would take in any rock and give it a good home...
...more political plots and counterplots--than Washington at its worst. Grubby little schemers sneak and slander to secure tenure for themselves or deprive someone else of it; otherwise normal adults spend long hours trying to squeeze a few more dishonorable dollars out of a grant program to funnel into pet projects; academic wives, a generally bright and attractive strain of the breed, engage in childish games of status and snubbing that would move even the most vulgar and climbing Washington hostess to disgust. For one who accepted a semester at Harvard as a kind of reverse sabbatical--an academic retreat...
...quality, stereo equipment and wacky gadgetry for the compact Manhattan society of small apartments, crowded schedules and casual relationships. These consumers, to Bloomingdale's profit, go for such baubles as yogurt makers, $30 peanut-butter-making machines, "male chauvinist pig" neckties (30,000 sold so far) and even "Pet Rocks" that, at $4 each, roll over and play dead, sleep and stay in place?all on command. This market, Bloomingdale's has learned, enjoys tasting but does not stand still long enough to savor. It thrives on variety and excitement...