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Word: petted (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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JOHN AND THE RAREY, by Rosemary Wells (Funk & Wagnalls; $3.50). What does a boy do when his parents won't let him have a real pet? He goes looking for a clean, neat animal-and finds a "Rarey." Equally lively is Rosemary Wells' Hungry Fred, with text by Paula Fox (Bradbury Press; $3.95). A mod book with considerable style...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Listings: Jun. 13, 1969 | 6/13/1969 | See Source »

...SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN and RING OF BRIGHT WATER are two children's films that parents should appreciate as well. Mountain is the story of a Canadian lad who runs off to the woods, and Ring is the real-life tale of a London accountant and his pet otter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Jun. 6, 1969 | 6/6/1969 | See Source »

...MOUNTAIN and RING OF BRIGHT WATER are two enlightening children's films that demonstrate an affection and care for their audience. Mountain is the story of a Canadian lad who runs off to the woods, and Ring is the real-life tale of a London accountant and his pet otter. Both are certain to charm children and gratify parents...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: May 30, 1969 | 5/30/1969 | See Source »

...class comes closer to sympathy than sarcasm. "The problem is ignorance, really," he said this month. "During the campaign, I'd often use a speech to reel off some statistics that would shake a few of them quite plainly: things such as, we spend twenty times as much on pet food in this country than we do on the food stamp program." He shrugged his shoulders and continued. "Then the only gripes you ever hear are that there are too many giveaway programs for the poor...

Author: By Thomas Geoghegan, | Title: John Gilligan | 5/30/1969 | See Source »

Today, Nabokov is a distant and revered personage safe in Switzerland; his judgments and comments are no less candid than ever. Along with a great many writers (see box p. 82), the informal list of his jocular pet hates includes such things as: progressive education; "serious" writers; confessions in the Dostoevskian manner; book reviewers, most of whom, Nabokov contends, "move their lips when reading"; people who say "excuse me" when they belch. Clearly, in an age practiced in the smooth piety of mock humility and slackly trained to believe that sincerity is an excuse for nearly everything, the public Nabokov...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Prospero's Progress | 5/23/1969 | See Source »

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