Word: petted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...from his grandmother in 1931 into a nationwide chain of candy shops and restaurants; of an internal hemorrhage; in Eastman, Ga.Stuckey began his business by buying pecans from local Georgia farmers and, with his wife as cook, providing roadside sweets for motorists. The Stuckey chain, which was sold to Pet Inc. in 1964, now numbers more than 300 stores...
...crucial factor underlying Byrd's liberal support was the fact that virtually every one of his colleagues owed him a political debt of one sort or another; Byrd had skillfully used his position as majority whip to curry favor among his colleagues by aiding them in putting through pet pieces of legislation. Of course the liberals came up with a number of rationalizations for their support of Byrd, the primary one being that with a Democratic president in the White House, the Majority Leader's ideology was relatively unimportant. As one of Byrd's colleagues put it, "Byrd will just...
Daley's Chicago worked for those who like to drive, and for the building contractors who profit from expressway construction. But it didn't work for the ethnic neighborhoods uprooted by his pet projects. Hizzoner didn't have much sympathy for citizens who prefer public transportation--a mess in the city...
...Rate Action. Shoppers shied away from items of total uselessness, such as the "Pet Rock" of last year, and spent their money on gifts of genuine utility or entertainment. Korvette's in New York sold 30,000 video-game consoles, which turn home TV screens into playing "fields" for tennis, hockey, Ping Pong (average price: $70). Sales of Citizens Band transceivers were boosted dramatically by gutted prices on current 23-channel gear, which becomes less desirable this week when the Government increases the number of CB channels to 40 (see story page 51). King's Department Stores...
...would be difficult to turn a story about a boy and his pet hawk into a movie that was anything other than clean. But when Baker's Hawk began running last week at 350 U.S. moviehouses, it was evident that cab driver-turned-movie mogul Lyman Dayton had taken no chances. Hawk contains no sex, no profanity beyond "damn" and "hell," no bloodshed and only a suggestion of lawlessness (a band of vigilantes reacts to a crime wave that the audience never sees). Burl Ives, who teaches the boy (Lee Montgomery) how to train his bird, helps the movie...