Word: petted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...come on the plane, make sure that you put on your Julie the Cruise Director smile and purr, "Hi. Welcome aboard Continental and thanks for busting the union. How are you doing today?" Feign interest until the passenger feels comfortable enough to describe how he ran over his lifelong pet chihuahua on the way to the airport...
...withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan after a 10-year struggle against native resistance slays this pet theory. The Soviets certainly did not scruple to wage total war. They burned villages, planted toy-shaped antipersonnel mines designed to maim children and indiscriminantly executed non-combatants. Estimates put the civilian death toll at more that one million...
...writer of Kujo, Carrie, Misery, Christine, Pet Cemetary and many other grisly tales of horror, told Harvard students and faculty how he develops ideas for his stories. King was invited to speak at Harvard on behalf by the Expository Writing Program...
Jeff will freeze-dry just about anything. But most of his business is in freeze-drying the deceased pets of distraught owners. Cats. Dogs. Birds. Snakes. Lizards. Hamsters. Even alligators. Presently, he has about 30 such pets in his chamber, undergoing a freeze-dry process that will take from three to six months, depending on the size of the pet. Jeff charges about $400 to freeze-dry small pets and about $1,800 for large pets like the two Doberman pinschers sitting perfectly still in the softly humming chamber. The dogs are bathed in a mysterious yellow light and surrounded...
...When the pets are done," Jeff says, "they'll outlast the life of their owner. They retain natural characteristics no taxidermist could ever duplicate. That's why owners bring them to me. I can mold their pets into positions the owners remember from life. One owner wanted his cat lying so he could put it on his VCR, where the cat always lay. He moves the cat around the house throughout the day, just like when it was alive. Another puts out water for her freeze-dried dog. One guy had his Husky freeze-dried in a sitting position...