Word: petted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Many in Leverett House want to restrict the use of our vents to "our" bum. This is to me a disgusting thought. Leverett students should not be interested in finding an unfortunate human being to patronize as their pet. This man is not our pet; he should be treated to proper care in a proper shelter. "Concerned" students who want him to stay on a hot air vent are misplacing their concern. The Leverett House vents are not--nor were they ever meant to be--proper shelters, and students should not encourage other human beings to live there...
...Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings published a novel about a boy and his pet, a doomed young fawn. It won the Pulitzer Prize and passed into many editions. The most valuable remains the version decorated with paintings by N.C. Wyeth (1882-1945), the great illustrator of Robin Hood and Treasure Island. Now, as a Reissued Classic, The Yearling (Scribners; $19.95) is again available. Once more the tragic but redeeming life of the Florida backcountry is illuminated by a giant of the genre...
...whose 65 lbs. and high spirits got him exiled to the Reagan ranch in California after only a year at the White House. Fully grown at 16 lbs., Rex promises to be more compatible with the diminutive First Lady. Furthermore, he has impeccable conservative papers. His sister is the pet of William F. Buckley Jr. The First Lady fell in love with the Buckleys' dog last fall, and when the Reagans came to New York City last week to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Buckley's National Review, the President had arranged to pick up Rex as a surprise Christmas...
During clay class, the teacher, along with Cabot House Resident Laura R. West '86, helps 13 students design everything from a play gun and a helicopter to a pet turtle...
Responding to a comment on her long hair, one slender brunette remarked, "Once I tied a strand to the leg of a live fly and used it as a leash. I had a pet for four hours...