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Andy Farmer (Chevy Chase) sits by the fireplace; his lazy, lovable pet, Yellow Dog, dozes at his feet. An odor catches Andy's attention -- hmmm, something's burning. The master of this Vermont farmhouse eases on over to the hearth, extracts Yellow Dog's tail from the cinders and gently stubs it out like a spent cigar. The pooch barely opens one glazed eye. This scene, briefer than a minute, is a vagrant moment of unforced drollery in Funny Farm's carnival of sylvan horrors...
...Nearly $500 million annual earnings from California's lottery are designated for public schools. Yet the schools' share of the state's budget has fallen by $443 million. That general-fund money not spent on schools is available for politicians to spend (or squander) on larger staffs, salaries or pet projects...
According to The New York Times and Daniels,Bracey attempted to swim the English Channel in1982, and at one time owned a pet leopard...
...spite of the bill's merits, President Reagan has vowed not to sign it. Sure there are some dubious provisions, such as the many pet projects of Congressmen more interested in their constituents than in an effective trade policy. Rep Beryl Anthony (D.-Ark.) inserted a provision lowering tariffs on watch parts, a move that would benefit the Timex plant in his district. Rep. Don Bonker (D.-Wash.) wants to restrict plywood imports that hurt his state's timber industry...
...state house, she has an office down the hall from the Governor's, and has been known to stride into a meeting unannounced and question her husband on some pet project while slightly startled state legislators look on. She can be imperious with others, and is quite exacting with those who work for her. If thank-you notes are not done perfectly, she demands new ones. She is vigilant about catching mistakes, from a misspelled name to an incorrect date. Even more so than her husband, she does not suffer incompetence gladly...