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Word: pooch (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...slightly spaced-out contestant claimed he had an invisible dog, then paraded across the stage with only a leash in his hand. Apart from that, more than 450 pooch owners turned up in Atlanta last week to audition their dogs for a role in Burt Reynolds' next movie, Smokey and the Bandit. The judge was Burt himself, who will play the bandit opposite Sally Field as a hitchhiker and Jackie Gleason as a Texas sheriff who's trying to track him down. Burt's choice as the canine co-star was a two-year-old basset hound...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Sep. 13, 1976 | 9/13/1976 | See Source »

...finally returned to Washington, and last week Jacobs threw a welcoming party. Symington himself came by and, to show his good will, offered the dog some cheese. To show his good taste, C-5 bit Symington on the hand again. Said the bandaged Representative after the recidivist pooch had been pulled away: "Maybe the cheese wasn't good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Mar. 24, 1975 | 3/24/1975 | See Source »

After meals, the pooch may have his teeth brushed with Happy Breath toothpaste or a new beef-flavored variety, then go out to be fitted for a hounds-tooth jacket, a gold bracelet, black lace panties, a lame evening gown, top hat and tails, Halloween outfit, caps, booties and pajamas. He may have his coat dyed to make him look younger, or work out on a jog-a-dog machine (at $575) to keep him in shape, or have his portrait painted in oils. There are clip-on diapers for parakeets, hairpieces and false eyelashes for poodles, snoods to keep...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Great American Animal Farm | 12/23/1974 | See Source »

...Palm Beach, Fla. Decorated with Italian stone, tiles made in 15th century Spain, and tapestries from the palace of the Venetian Doge, the crescent-shaped, turreted mansion and its estate boasted a nine-hole golf course, 10,000 potted plants, and well placed sand that enabled the family pooch to visit the trees without getting his paws dirty. House guests received a list of activities each morning, new movies were shown at night, and once the entire Ringling Bros., Barnum & Bailey Circus was brought in for an afternoon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE RICH: Post Hostess with the Mostest | 9/24/1973 | See Source »

...been lured away by a campus goldfish-swallowing contest. "The student chairman was very apologetic," says Pucinski, "and we went to the contest to announce that I was there." Upon his appearance, the students began chanting, "Eat a fish! Eat a fish!" Never one to ignore an opening, Pooch downed one of the little wrigglers. "A goldfish is sort of like a martini," said Pucinski later, swallowing hard. "After the first one, they're not bad. Once I'd swallowed it, I couldn't feel it wriggle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Gut Campaigning | 5/1/1972 | See Source »

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