Word: petted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...twice the pace of retailing in stores. Maxwell Sroge, a Colorado Springs-based consultant who monitors catalogue sales, expects them to reach $33 billion this year, compared with $29 billion in 1980. Consumers now can mail or telephone orders for a deluxe domestic robot ($17,500) complete with electronic pet ($650) from Neiman-Marcus, a porcelain unicorn that plays The Impossible Dream ($24.95) from World of Music Boxes or a life-size female torso made out of milk chocolate ($60) from KrÖn Chocolatier...
...they, as Cartoonist Bernard Kliban suggested in his bestselling album Cat (1975), merely whimsical meat-loaves? While the fur flies in this battle, one cat gives folks a humorous peek at both armies in the controversy. The most famous feline to express this perplexing relationship between man and pet is Garfield, a comic-strip cat. His creator, Cartoonist Jim Davis, has three books on the New York Times trade paperback bestseller list, a first for any author. Garfield Bigger Than Life, Garfield Gains Weight and Garfield at Large, which has been on the list for an amazing 84 weeks, have...
...gone. They've learned a man can own a cat and still be a man." Peter Borchelt, a behavioralist at Manhattan's Animal Medical Center, wryly points out that you can own a cat and even be an American. While the dog may be the unofficial national pet, he says, "Americans are known for their laissez-faire attitude. These characteristics define the cat." Chicago Pet Shop Owner Donna Dunlop adds: "It's not just children and the elderly who have cats, it's young professionals in their 30s who are getting them." The inconvenience of owning...
These ground rules are not uncommon in Washington. Reporters are always eager to find out what the Government is really up to. Public officials are often just as eager to feed the press their side of things, either to promote a pet project or ensure their place in history. Indeed, Stockman had granted similar briefings to several other journalists. One danger in these arrangements is that reporters might repay such helpful sources with flattering coverage. Another is that journalists might find themselves reporting public statements that are at odds with what they have been told in private...
...from the article's next sentence, "Stockman saw the 'new political climate' dissolve rather rapidly and be replaced by the reflexes of old politics. Every tax lobby in town, from tax credits for wood burning stoves to new accounting concessions for small business, moved in on the legislation, and pet amendments for obscure tax advantage and profit became the pivotal issues of legislative action, not the grand theories of supply-side tax reduction" (p.51). At other points, Stockman makes this realization even more explicit, as when he says, "the client groups know now to make themselves heard. The problem...