Word: petted
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...they range from a campaign against the fluoridation of water to one demanding the impeachment of Chief Justice Earl Warren. Welch is a skilled or ganizer who devoutly believes that internal Communism can best be fought by Communist tactics. He advocates the establishment of "front groups" to push his pet projects; although his society's rosters are kept secret, its membership is estimated at 50,000, and many Birchers have infiltrated, and even come to dominate, other extremist groups...
...estimated 21 million, half are house cats living in a world of Kleen Kitty and catnip mice; the rest are loners-feline bums who range the nation's alleys, waterfronts and backyards, scrounging, mousing, and yowling for handouts. Dogs (around 26 million) still lead in pet popularity, but cats are creeping up. Canned cat food is a multimillion-dollar industry, and this year sales are up 15% (1960 supermarket sales: $42,150,000). Veterinarians find that it pays to become a cat specialist, and some are narrowing their practice down to feline geriatrics and nothing else...
Before taking up with a cat, Greer advises the prospective owner to find a pet whose personality matches his own. Siamese, for example, are friendly and fun-loving, even though they sometimes go around muttering to themselves. The Manx is timid, dependent, and doleful to the point of martyrdom-ideal for the man who wants to be a god to his cat. Persians (and all pedigreed long hairs are so named) have minds of their own, often forget early hygiene training. Their attitude is "Why bother?" The Burmese are wise, persuasive, and can freeze a fool owner in his tracks...
...summer night can testify. The unaltered male is belligerent, grumpy, concentrates only on the sex or lack of it in his life; his urine contains a special additive that can attract a romantically inclined female at a range of 150 yards. And the unspayed female makes a rotten pet. When in heat (in some cats, as often as every two weeks), she becomes outrageously wanton, rolling about, rubbing herself suggestively on the furniture, and yelling for a mate. To stop this erotic behavior before it begins, Greer urges owners to take Tom or Tabby at an early age (about eight...
Hearst himself loved the American Weekly more than its readers did. It was his pet. Not until 1917, when an underling suggested that Hearst was missing a large source of revenue, did the supplement begin to carry advertising. And when non-Hearst newspapers begged the Chief to let them carry the Weekly too, Hearst turned them all down. His selfishness turned out to be a serious mistake...