Word: petted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...buddies are in there," says Carmen Griffin, a waitress at the Pineland Diner on Main Street. It may be a yawn in Portland, Me., but in Ellsworth, it's front-page news when there's a bumper crop of scallops or the cops seize a pet snake (the headline: POLICE PUT PERMITLESS PET PYTHON...
Four-legged patients are treated for conditions that just a few years ago would have meant putting them to death. The Coast Pet Clinic of Hermosa Beach, Calif., ministers each month to 50 new cases of cancer, primarily in cats and dogs, with a combination of surgery, chemotherapy and radiation. At Tufts, plastic surgeons graft skin onto badly burned animals. Vets at special wildlife clinics monitor birds for internal bleeding by taking their blood pressure with cuffs similar to those developed for people. Pets even benefit from therapies not yet available to their upright companions. Veterinary Cancer Specialist Ann Jeglum...
Professional animals have been covered by insurance for years. But who foots the growing medical bill for the high-tech treatment of pets? Many clinics provide advanced cancer treatments at a reduced fee to dogs and cats as part of collaborative studies with nearby medical schools. To pay for more traditional therapies, owners in some areas can now purchase pet health insurance, starting at $44 a year for puppies. The plans do not cover such routine care as vaccinations or neutering, but they pay claims of up to $1,000 for fractures, cancer treatments and cardiac surgery. The Veterinary Pet...
...PET SHOP BOYS: ACTUALLY (EMI-Manhattan). Supercool, supershrewd syntho-pop, London-style, with ironic lyrics so sharp and cold they cut like a scalpel made...
Unlike such antipoliticians as Jimmy Carter, Babbitt learned and relished the levers of power, including the veto, the initiative, patronage and press leaks. Republicans controlled the Arizona legislature, but it was not veto proof, and Babbitt would threaten to sink the pet bills of legislators if they didn't accept his program. He made good on such threats a record 114 times...