Word: petted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...fire in a fourth-floor trash closet sent students, babies and pet cats scurrying into the lobby of Currier House early this morning...
This denizen of some second-rate hell had been vainly nipping at my heels ever since I weaseled out of researching her pet article on an outbreak of Church Lady copycats in French Lick, Indiana. Avoiding her had become more and more difficult as she gradually sealed off my favorite escape routes and I ran out of relatives who were on their deathbed...
Since a new Bud Light beer commercial first flickered on prime-time television during January's Super Bowl, America has been going to the dogs -- bull terriers, that is. Bud's campaign stars Spuds MacKenzie, bull terrier and bon vivant. Suddenly, pet-shop customers are pursuing pups like Spuds, which fetch prices up to $1,200 apiece. "Everywhere I go now, it's 'I want a Spuds dog,' " reports Evelin Jackson, executive secretary of the Bull Terrier Club of America. Inquiries are up 75% at Jerry's Perfect Pet Shop in Dallas. Customers in St. Louis are so bullish that...
Reflecting the growing sense of the difference animals can make, regulations for federally subsidized housing now assure that the elderly and handicapped can keep pets. Last month the Ralston Purina Co. announced a $1 million program to help local humane societies and shelters fund the initial costs of adopting a pet for those over...
...Pets are no cure-all, of course. "If you feel sick, you can't just pet your dog and call the doctor in the morning," says Veterinarian Larry Glickman of the University of Pennsylvania. Moreover, they require care, can bite and cause allergies. But what they bring can be hard to improve on. New Yorker Reuben Selnick, 61, a recovering alcoholic who adopted a cat named Oliver in Purina's pilot program, speaks for many. "I was at a very low ebb when I met Oliver," he says. "Now I have something to live...